Outdoor Activities
Looking for kids activities to show your child the fun side of learning? From science experiments and math games to writing projects and more, we've got you covered! Use the selector on the right to browse our kids activities, or narrow your search by grade and subject area.
Learn Sight Words with a Water Game!
Try this goofy, outdoor game to build your child's reading and spelling abilities. Not only will you both have fun splashing around outside, but she'll be improving her reading skills at the same time!
Create a Clay Garden Relief Sculpture
This fun and engaging activity helps your child to explore new art processes and build her writing and vocabulary skills. It's a great way for her to spend some time outdoors during the warm summer months making art and gaining inspiration from the plants and flowers that she sees every day.
Go Searching for Fossils in Your Sandbox!
Dinosaur-obsessed kids - and really, are there any kids who don't get excited about dinosaurs? - will love making their own fossils to hide in the sandbox or at the beach for warm-weather excavations.
Build a Toad Abode
Having a toad hanging around your yard to catch bugs is very eco-friendly and gives children a fascinating creature to study. Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project.
Experiment with an Outside Oven
In this activity, you child gets to be the chef while she learns about how heat changes food. On the next warm and sunny day, head outdoors to make a yummy treat in an outside oven with your child.
Action Word Relay Race!
In first grade, kids start to learn the difference between verbs ("action words") and nouns (objects, people, places). Help them take in this information with their whole bodies by playing a few boisterous rounds of this party or playground game.
Play Seahorse Toss!
Try this activity that brings ring toss right into your home pool! All you need is some pool noodles and kids with very active imaginations, and you have all the makings to play Seahorse Toss, a rendition of the classic.
Play Aqua Golf
What do a pool, a raft, and a golf club have in common? Well, they're all the essential ingredients in the fun game Aqua Golf!
Play Pebble Golf!
Teach your child golf without the clubs! Introduce her to Pebble Golf, a new rendition of the classic sport and fun beach game.
