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

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

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

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

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

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.

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

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.

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

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

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

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

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

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!

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!

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

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

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

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.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Who says snow globes are just for winter? Help your child create a summer version with this fun art project!

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

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!

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

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