Elementary School Activities : Page 93

This heart print makes the perfect simple and sweet gift for Valentine's Day!

Most people throw out soaked tea bags after use, but artists know a secret--tea bags can be a great medium for creating one-of-a-kind modern art.

Recycle a baby jar to make this beautiful votive with your second grader! This arts and crafts project is a fun, colorful activity and makes a great gift.

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Crusted with gluten free Panko breadcrumbs and crushed pecans, this baked chicken is crunchy, tasty, and nutritious.

Children reflect on ways they have cared for themselves, others, and the Earth before building a garden to share beauty with others in their community.

Is your child an amateur origami master? Reach the next stage of paper folding genius with this origami heart!

Your child will "catch" snowballs with each correct math equation she can answer correctly. If she solves a problem correctly, she gets to keep the snowballs.

Making food sculptures boosts creativity, and just might help your picky eater branch out!

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!

Nothing beats homemade salsa from scratch! You and your child can concoct a healthy and flavorful condiment to compliment any summer dinner.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

Help your third grader create a Venn diagram fantasy creature by combining two different creatures to create a fantasy creature based on their similarities.

These colorful apple snacks make colorful mouths, and the almonds add a boost of protein and healthy fats for growing bodies.

Part food craft, part witchcraft, this is a yummy delight your middle schooler will want to make à and eat!

New Year's Eve hats let you wear your celebratory spirit on your head. Make New Year's Eve hats with year child to ring in the New Year in style.

In this arts and crafts activity, boost your kindergartener's letter recognition and reading skills by helping her create a paper word quilt.

What would it be like to be the Cat in the Hat from the famous Dr. Seuss book? This Read Across America project has your 1st grader making his own fun-in-a-box!

What's your problem? I'll show you my math if you show me yours! Critical thinking and computation skills are the focus of this strategic math card game.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Help your child honor her grandpa this Father's Day by creating an original photo essay just for him.

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

Learn all about cause and effect as your child experiments with an exploding pumpkin in this engaging fall activity! Get the whole family involved with this simple science experiment that is a fun and exciting way to combine Halloween and science.

This incredibly edible activity gives kindergarteners the chance to practice identifying, copying and extending basic patterns.

Play this game to help froggie hop home...and teach the number line to your kindergartener while you're at it!

This activity will keep your child entertained long after you've put away the markers and glue. Help him turn a paper bag into a self-portrait puppet!

Looking for an enjoyable evening activity you can do with your kids? Study the stars: help them learn about constellations by making one of their own.

Shake things up by introducing your child to charcoal pencils! These unique drawing tools make blending, shading, and smudging easy and fun.

This Valentine's Day, spend a couple of hours with your child constructing a colorful, spring-limbed "heart man"!