Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

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!

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

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

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

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

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

Crystals are a very special structure. In this third grade activity, your child will learn how to grow salt crystals.

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

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

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

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

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

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

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

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.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

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

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

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