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

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.

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

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 winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

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.

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

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!

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

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

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

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

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!

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

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

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!

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

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

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

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

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