This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

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.

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

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

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

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

This crafty activity provides a hands-on way for your child to illustrate how the trees look during each season of the year.

Kids will love making clouds and learning how to make a water cycle model in this fun science fair project idea that explores evaporation and precipitation.

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

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.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

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

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Summer is a great time to work on pre-kindergarten skills that will serve your child well in her first year at school, while having some fun in the sun!

In this activity, your child will make her own "quicksand" to better understand how a substance can be both fluid and solid at the same time.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

Some fossils have been been preserved for billions of years! Help your kid understand how fossils are created and preserved with this crafty project.

Unlike other seed sprouting projects, this one allows kids to compare five different sprouts (either 5 herbs or 5 flowers) by watching them grow in a glove.

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

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

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

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!