Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

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

This activity is a great way to stretch the boundaries of your child's imagination and build up important critical thinking skills.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

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

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

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

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.

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

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

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

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

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

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

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

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