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

This versatile clay-like material hardens if left out and can be used for building sand castles, forts, and even school projects.

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

Teach your kids about colors and patterns while creating a beautiful work of art.

Find sums of 10 in this fun first-grade math card game that helps kids build addition skills. Help your child use critical thinking skills to find the sums.

Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

Use dirt and different colors of craft sand to make unique layers in a clear plastic cup to represent the layers of the Earth.

Children learn about the benefits of mindfulness, teach someone else what they've learned, and create a sand timer to use during mindfulness practice.

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

Help your kindergartener practice counting from one to ten with this fun outdoor activity. Make a "My Backyard Counting Book" to review counting to ten.

Help your child make an imaginative, inexpensive spaceship from recycled materials. When the spaceship is ready, count backwards from ten and then BLAST-OFF!

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!

Here's a salt dough recipe that can be used to make ghostly character sticks for fun Halloween decor.

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

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

Whether you're teaching your kid about this important cultural art form or simply looking for a fun project, sandpainting is a fun activity you'll both enjoy.

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

Help your kindergarten scientist explore an important part of earth science: how soil retains water.

In this activity, your child will develop her sensory awareness and build important math skills while having fun outdoors.

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

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

Your child can help eliminate stress for himself or a loved one by creating a colorful, homemade stress ball.

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

Mix fun with basic math in this fun homemade game of ring toss! Make rings out of paper plates and you're ready to play anytime, anywhere!

Try making your own conch planter in this decorative shell.

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!