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.

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!

Make exercise fun for your child with this energetic fitness game that's a cross between a cake walk and musical chairs.

This variation on the game of tag combines exercise, teamwork, and a little friendly trickery.

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.

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

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with these fun dribbling drills! Before you know it he'll be a ball-handling master.

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.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

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.

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

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!

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

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

This variation of Duck, Duck, Goose is played in pairs, which means a lot more activity for participants!

Picnic getting boring? Here's a fun game that gets the kids moving around, and doing a little addition while they're at it.

Kids will love this more challenging version of tag where they'll have to run while "attached" to someone else.

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Your child can create an interactive map of his neighborhood focusing on the different textures he finds!

Using hard boiled eggs, leaves and tempera paint, your child can create a delicate garden print decoration on Easter eggs.

Your first grader will love feeding his favorite winged creatures with these tasty Christmas "cookies" for birds!

Your kids will love this tradition of finding a leprechaun's gold hidden all over.

Encourage your child to eat nutritiously by having them build this delicious summer fruit cone!

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

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

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

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

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

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.