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

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

Make a seed bomb and let your junior guerilla gardener spread flowers far and wide.

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

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

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

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

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

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!

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

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.

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.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

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

Celebrate autumn with a seasonal bash. Welcome the fall with a festive party for your little one and her friends, full of crafts, snacks and fun games.

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

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

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

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

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

Help your child plant a "tea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

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

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

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.