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

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

Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

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

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

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.

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

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

In this cool project, create a lighted, scale model of the different layers of the Sun, including the core, radiation and convection zones, and photosphere.

Help your young scientist celebrate the wonders of the night sky in the comfort of your own home.

Let your fabulous crafter use their favorite flowers, fruits and herbs to whip up a delicious perfume that they can proudly present to a friend or a loved one.

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.

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

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!

Use dirt and different colors of craft sand to make unique layers in a clear plastic cup to represent the layers of the Earth.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

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.

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your child to astronomy.

Your preschooler is familiar with the colors in their crayon box, but can they find these colors in the world? Take them on a scavenger hunt to find out!

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

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.