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Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

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

Make an adorable nut buddy by crafting nature people out of nuts in shells! Buddies will take on their own personalities depending on the materials you use.

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

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.

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

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

Have your kid build an ice sculpture in this activity that's so fast, fun, and messy it's the perfect way to demonstrate how much fun experiments can be!

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

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

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!

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

Your preschooler is familiar with the colors in their crayon box, but can they find these colors in the world? Take them on a scavenger hunt to find out!

Can't make it to the beach? Bring the science of ocean waves home with this fun earth science-related craft.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

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.

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

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

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

Discover the wonders of simple clay by pressing flowers into a modeling medium!

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

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

Have your little astronaut create her own crater-filled moon with this fun craft project that encourages learning about the final frontier.