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

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.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

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.

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.

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

This science project teaches students to classify different shapes of leaves.

This science experiment explores why leaves change color in the fall and the role of photosynthesis in leaf coloration.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

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.

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!

This science fair project teaches you about what makes persimmons so tart and how astringency can be removed by studying the effect of tannins on fruit.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.

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

Science fair project that creates fog using bottles of hot and cold water.

This crafty activity provides a hands-on way for your child to illustrate how the trees look during each season of the year.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

What is mulch? Kids will provide soil with a wet blanket of mulch and see if that helps keep drought-stricken soil damp.