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

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!

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

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!

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

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

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.

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!

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

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

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

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

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

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.

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!

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