This simple activity is not only fun, it's also a useful way to organize children's closets — and offer kids some autonomy to boot.

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

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

Make these homemade shell fossils and introduce your child to the wonders of science!

This preschool activity uses paint chips to help your child learn about different shades of colors and how to find different colors in nature.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

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.

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

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

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

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

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

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

This fun and crafty activity is easy enough for your child to lend a helping hand and makes a great indoor or outdoor game.

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

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.

Your child will be delighted to learn about and gaze upon his favorite constellations with this set of stellar homemade placemats!

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

Help your child make an attractive frozen holiday ornament to hang outside during winter months.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

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

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

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.