With some cookie dough and ordinary household objects, let your kindergartener explore how fossil imprints are made.

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.

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

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

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

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

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!

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.