Elementary School Activities : Page 29

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

In this science fair project, learn how a mineral streak is made and how it can help identify an unknown mineral.

Help your child build ice cream cones as she practices her counting skills

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

This kinesthetic game will help your child practice rounding and get the adrenaline rushing!

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Science fair project that compares the freezing temperature of salt water and freshwater in order to learn about supercooling and condensation nuclei.

This science project has students study a group of volunteer liars actively lying to study the behavior of a lie. Students see if they can figure out the truth.

Is it amplitude? Weight? Length of string? Kids will discover what factors changing the period of a pendulum depends on in this fun and easy physics experiment.

Kids will learn about the interaction of lactose and lactase in milk and discover why we describe enzymes as catalysts in this fun science fair project.

Show your child how to spell their name in a whole new way with this sculptural 3-D art project.

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

This science fair project idea examines which type of insulation holds in the most heat.

Fly into some rainy day fun with a cardboard airplane project. Making paper airplanes is fun, but you can add a new twist by using recycled materials instead.

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

Now you can have baby chicks around any time of year, with this simple egg carton craft idea.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

Have a blast celebrating the poetic prose of Dr. Seuss as you hop your way to better vocabulary and reading skills. Play Hop on Pop Hopscotch!

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

Have your kid determine if a goldfish can be conditioned to expect food the same way Pavlov's dogs did with this fascinating science fair project.

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Your fifth grade aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Perform a special St. Patrick's Day magic trick with this fun craft project!