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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.

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

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

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

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!

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Did you know magnifying glasses are magic? This hands-on activity has kids using magnifying glasses to engage with the world around them and look close to examine what they find.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

In this activity, find out who the flowers' "partners in crime" are by being a flower spy!

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.

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

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

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!

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Here's a way to make history both interesting and relevant: design a garden using plants that were used by people in colonial times!

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

Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.