Elementary School Activities : Page 106

Having some dancing skeletons hanging around the house is great way to prepare for All Hallows' Eve. This is a great activity for honing fine motor skills.

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

Which do you prefer: real or artificial? Try this sweet little taste experiment to help your kids develop a better awareness of the food they consume.

Brighten up everyone's day with this circular rainbow plate perfect for celebrating spring or St. Patrick's Day.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Combine winter charm with DIY fashion to create this lovely piece of jewelry.

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

Your child will create their very own filigree drawing; twirling, or coiling small strips of lightweight paper around toothpicks and gently gluing them down.

Don't throw that Sunday paper away just yet! If you've got a kid who thinks she's "too old" for crafts, introduce her to beautifully simple newspaper flowers.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Make a brilliant bouquet for dad on his special day. This Father's Day craft unique flowers that remind dad of his favorite sports team.

This science fair project explores how osmotic pressure forces water through the root up into the plant.

Introduce your kid to cooking basics as you make shepherd's pie: a traditional Irish dish thanks to the trusty potato!

Watch the pop of complementary colors while creating a fun and beautiful collage you can create from magazine clippings.

Kids love physical comedy, and this activity has the potential of offering up a healthy dose (while also working on balance and dexterity.)

Teach kids about a fun way they can remember this more efficiently- the power of mnemonics. Kids will be amazed.

Stamp out the sameness of learning the ABC's for your kindergartener. Make 26 letter sponge stamps and create projects with him to practice.

In this science fair project, students will try to discover if test subjects can detect the presence of Monosodium Glutumate (MSG) in food.

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

If you need a way to interest your child in sewing, look no further than this felt food craft.

Try a fun Mother's Day game for moms and kids to play together!

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

Construct batteries that make electricity from fruits with this fun science fair project.

The next time your child decides he needs to press restart on his wardrobe, don't ship his clothes off to Goodwill so fast.

In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.

Create some cards and a factor board and get ready to practice multiplication. This game will help your kid get one step closer to memorizing times tables!

Help your first grader emboss his own design reminiscent of Middle Ages metalwork. Using foil and a wooden stylus, he'll create pretty springtime flower images.

In this social emotional learning activity, you will help your child practice mindfulness of emotions, guiding them to create a word search to understand and explain feeling words.

This pumpkin dessert recipe tastes like pie but looks like a no-bake cookie.

Add a Hannukah twist to Chutes and Ladders by using a dreidel as the dice.