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.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

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

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Make these homemade shell fossils and introduce your child to the wonders of science!

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

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.

Your child will be delighted to learn about and gaze upon his favorite constellations with this set of stellar homemade placemats!

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

This preschool activity uses paint chips to help your child learn about different shades of colors and how to find different colors in nature.

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.

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

This fun and crafty activity is easy enough for your child to lend a helping hand and makes a great indoor or outdoor game.

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

Help your child make an attractive frozen holiday ornament to hang outside during winter months.

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

Help your preschooler craft a homemade wind spinning device--a surefire to make your backyard sparkle, and teach her a bit about weather!

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

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

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

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.