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

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!

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

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

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.

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

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

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

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

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

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.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

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

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

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

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

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

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!