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 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.

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

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

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

In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

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!

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.

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.

This simple activity is not only fun, it's also a useful way to organize children's closets — and offer kids some autonomy to boot.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

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.

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.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

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.

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

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

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

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

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

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

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Test your skills as a weather forecaster, and learn some science terms on the way!

Your preschooler wonât need a passport to go on this nature safari! All you need are paper, crayons and a nature trail or your back yard.

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.

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