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

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

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

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

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

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

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

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

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.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

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

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

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

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

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

Camouflage is one of the most important animal adaptations in the African savanna biome. Kids create their own camouflage with this fun science fair project.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!