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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.

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

This activity is a great way to stretch the boundaries of your child's imagination and build up important critical thinking skills.

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

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

What better way to celebrate spring than with a fabulous flower party? Pack the day with fun flower activities and treats for a truly springalicious event!

Crystals are a very special structure. In this third grade activity, your child will learn how to grow salt crystals.

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

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

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!