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First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

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

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

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

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

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

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

In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

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.

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

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.

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

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 kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

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

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!

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

In this science fair project, students make their own rain gauge to measure rainfall.

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

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

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