Create a special Father’s Day surprise by planning and mapping a hike around the neighborhood!

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

Your child can create an interactive map of his neighborhood focusing on the different textures he finds!

Learning to identify and categorize different geometric shapes is a big goal for early learners. And your neighborhood is the perfect place to start!

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.

Expand your child's geographic awareness with these fun and easy map lessons.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Calling all power-shoppers! This game is a fun way for kids to learn life skills, and flex their math muscles at the same time.

Create a dazzling window display with cut stars with this fun first grade holiday activity.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

Even the birds need to get out of the rain during the winter months. Help your child help nature and fill a lazy afternoon with this easy, cute craft.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.

Create a fun fall leaf rubbing with your child to explore shapes and textures this fall.

In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.

Your child can add bling to her bike with bicycle basket decorations, making her bike a stylish ride!

Boost fine motor skills and get in the spirit of fall with this fun wreath-making project.

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

Homemade dog treats are fun to make and delicious for your household pet. Make homemade dog treats to create personal Christmas gifts for dogs.

Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.

Make cards this May Day celebrating the arrival of springtime.

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.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Your child can be a Fauvist painter using bright colors and his imagination to create wild artwork!

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.