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

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

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

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

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

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

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

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

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

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

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

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

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!

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!

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

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 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 adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

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.

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!

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

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!

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

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

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

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

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.

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

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!