How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

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.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

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.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

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!

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

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

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

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

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

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

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

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!

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

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

Your child helps the environment while saving your family money in this fun and rewarding "Gas Guzzlers" competition.

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

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

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

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.

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.

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.

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!