1st and 2nd Grade Activities : Page 21

This paper alternative to tie-dye is faster, easier, and (slightly) less messy, only requiring paper, white crayons, and a little imagination.

Explore emotions through songs and crafts in this social emotional learning activity. In this activity, your child will play an emotions guessing game and create a kaleidoscope of emotions.

Give your smart second grader a rich challenge with this activity that combines graphing practice with money!

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

During your next craft time, strike up the band with this homemade Chinese instrument.

Make math fun for your child by turning it into a game and challenging him to beat the calculator with this cool math race!

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

A heart hug can brighten up any dreary Valentine's Day. Give a friend a heart hug with this fun holiday craft.

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

Make vibrant faux stained glass art inspired by the art of Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter who explored repeating shapes using the primary colors.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Provide your child with Q-tip paint brushes that are bunched together and easy to grip, and encourage him to go to work on his painting masterpiece!

This fun photography activity will build your child's vocabulary, their understanding of the world, and they'll make their own game of concentration!

This construction paper activity helps your child to assemble a variety of emotions on a face so she can recognize how she and everyone around her is feeling.

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Learn Halloween fun facts and put them in this cool art project. Make a Halloween fun facts foldable with your child this October.

Take a closer look at your furry friend (or the furry friend of a neighbor -- with permission) to discover if communication exists between cats and humans.

Satisfy your child's love of the game with a paper project starring his favorite pigskin!

Ever wondered how a plant drinks water? This science project will teach you how and help you create a beautiful floral display!

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Your child can brush up on her math skills by charting the length of time that each candle on the menorah takes to burn.

A heart wreath is a pretty and festive Valentine's Day decoration. Make a heart wreath with your child this Valentine's Day.

Help your child rocket off for some high-flying fun with a jet pack you make from recycled materials and a few odds and ends.

Here's a motivational kit that lets your emerging reader know you're with him for the whole wild ride.

Hisss! Make a snake pet from a recycled cardboard tube! Transport your child into nature with this fun and easy craft.

In this arts and crafts activity, you can make fun bracelets using just a handful of buttons and some elastic cord. And it's a counting game, too!

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Make a shiny decorative Menorah using an egg carton and light bulbs.