Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

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

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!

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

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.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

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.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.

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

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

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

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

In this plastic wrap science fair project, you'll learn about polymer permeability and find out which plastic wrap keeps food from dehydrating best.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!