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!

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

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

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

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!

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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