Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

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

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

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

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!

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

Create a homemade pair of sunglasses with colored lenses to see just how light and color affect our sight! Use this fun project to practice science!

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

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 science fair project idea determines if the color of light affects the growth of plants.

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

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

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.