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

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

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

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!

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!

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

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

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

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

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

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

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

In this activity, your child will make her own "quicksand" to better understand how a substance can be both fluid and solid at the same time.

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

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

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

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.