Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

Want to get your bookworm interested in science? Check out this cool activity that teaches kids how to write science fiction!

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

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

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

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

Here's how you and your teen can stage your own formal debateâbeyond arguing why chores are unethical! Formal debates improve teens' critical thinking skills.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

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.

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

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!

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.

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