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

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

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

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.

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.

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

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!

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

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

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

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

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

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.