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Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

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!

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

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.

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

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