Create a special Father’s Day surprise by planning and mapping a hike around the neighborhood!

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Your child can create an interactive map of his neighborhood focusing on the different textures he finds!

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Create a dazzling window display with cut stars with this fun first grade holiday activity.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

Even the birds need to get out of the rain during the winter months. Help your child help nature and fill a lazy afternoon with this easy, cute craft.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Boost fine motor skills and get in the spirit of fall with this fun wreath-making project.

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

Make cards this May Day celebrating the arrival of springtime.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

Make “teal the new orange” this Halloween season! Help your child learn about the Teal Pumpkin Project and paint the color teal on a pumpkin to advertise that your family will offer non-food toys as a treat, or “trinket” option.

This science fair project examines how seeds hitchhike on animals and clothing.

Make sure your child is prepared for Halloween by having him create a stamp-printing that says: "Trick or treat? Smell my feet!"

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills! 

What better way to raise awareness about the environment than with an eco-friendly Earth-themed party? Get your party started with this step-by-step guide.