Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Your kindergartener will improve his fine motor skills and learn beginning baking techniques as he helps you concoct this crumbly apple dessert!

Deep relaxation is a great way to create the conditions for learning by helping students let go of tension and worry.

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

Your first grader will love making her favorite feline a chase toy out of old fabric scraps, and she will learn beginning sewing basics while she's at it!

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.

Before your next family getaway, make a set of picture/word vocabulary cards together. These cards will build your child's language and comprehension skills.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

Promote the well-being of your first or second grader's mind and body by teaching him some beginning yoga poses and techniques.

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

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

Learn about sound physics and do a survey experiment to explore the difference between sound and noise in this science project.

Science fair project that examines what causes thunder and why a thunderclap sounds so loud. How is lightening related to the creation of sound waves?

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

In this activity, your child will learn and practice mindfulness by using their senses to focus on one thing at a time.

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.