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

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!

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

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

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

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

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.