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This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

This easy at-home experiment is a great way to "see" science.

This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

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!

This project examines what types of objects burn and which burn faster and cleaner.

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

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

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

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.

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

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

This activity is a great way to stretch the boundaries of your child's imagination and build up important critical thinking skills.

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

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!

Learn how to make a hygrometer to measure relative humidity in this project. Make a sling psychrometer hygrometer with gauze, thermometers, and a bottle.

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

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!

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!

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

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.

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.

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!