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Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Crystals are a very special structure. In this third grade activity, your child will learn how to grow salt crystals.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

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

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

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

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

What better way to celebrate spring than with a fabulous flower party? Pack the day with fun flower activities and treats for a truly springalicious event!

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

Celebrate autumn with a seasonal bash. Welcome the fall with a festive party for your little one and her friends, full of crafts, snacks and fun games.

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.

Take to the air with science by experimenting with helicopter seeds right in your own backyard!

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

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

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

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

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

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

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.