Celebrate the blooming season with your kid by showing him how to make a magical spring mosaic out of all natural materials!

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

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

In this activity, students will learn about the meaning and information on a police badge. Then they will be able to create their own badge with their own identification.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Kids will learn how to clean fish tank the natural way. Add catfish to the tank and see if your water gets cleaner.

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

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

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

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

Craft a winter words alphabet book to celebrate this chilly season in this preschool-kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Deep relaxation is a great way to create the conditions for learning by helping students let go of tension and worry.

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Pasta makes a good dinner, but it can also be used to teach proper letter formation! In this easy crafts activity, you'll use pasta and glue to form letters.

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

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.

Does your kid love crafts AND food? Teach him to paint with natural dyes from food! He'll be amazed that food can be made into art, just like in ancient times.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.

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.

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.

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.