Elementary School Activities : Page 36

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

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.

Help your kindergarten scientist discover relative size, density, and buoyancy with this fun, pumpkin science project!

Frog cupcakes make the perfect treat for kids who love their amphibians.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

This footwear-focused activity introduces fractions as part of a set and it's the perfect way to generate excitement about fraction concepts.

Help your second grader craft some lovely, personalized Valentine's Day cards--out of kitchen materials!

Challenge your third grader and a few friends to teamwork and laughs with these boisterous indoor Christmas games.

Explore how dielectric heating comes into play when microwaving various liquids in this science project. This test will help you understand how microwaves work!

Looking for a last minute gift? This homemade candle holder is a breeze to make, and its pretty glow really brightens up a room. A great craft project.

This project, focused on the burial practices of ancient Egyptians, is a great addition to a social studies curriculum.

Keep your boiled breakfast egg cozy and warm on Easter morning with a bright chick egg topper. This craft can also double as a puppet!

Skip the plastic eggs this Easter: make a paper mache Easter egg sculpture in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Try this kooky, spooky arts and crafts activity with your preschooler: make gummy worm ice cubes!

Create your very own colorful stained glass collage Easter egg.

Help your kindergartener use a map to find "leprechaun gold"--and build early social studies skills in the process!

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

Help your first grader make these patriotic hanging streamer decorations this 4th of July!

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

Hanukkah stamps help you decorate anything from cards to gifts to wrapping paper. Make your own Hanukkah stamps out of potatoes.

Cookie, snow globe or puzzle? This holiday cookie is all three! Celebrate the holidays with this puzzle cookie, a crafty twist on a delicious dessert.

There's nothing like a treasure hunt to get kids excited about math and sorting.

Chlorine and chloramine are added to our tap water to kill harmful microorganisms. What is the best way to filter these disinfectants in your drinking water?

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

Every time a sound is produced it emits a sound wave. This experiment demonstrates how sound travels, using nothing more than a spoon and a string!

First graders spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Mix up a batch of molasses cookies, and you'll have a delicious chance to teach your child some math and social studies in the process!