1st and 2nd Grade Activities : Page 44

Using hard boiled eggs, leaves and tempera paint, your child can create a delicate garden print decoration on Easter eggs.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child some helpful strategies with this spin off of the traditional "Go Fish" game.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Does your child love Roly, the orange cat from our Brainzy games? Create the perfect dress-up costume and bring your child’s dreams to life!

Help your child to invent her own chore-helper to help her put that growing imagination to good use!

With help, your fifth grader can sew her own version of this pin cushion currently available at many craft fairs.

This competitive inequalities card game is a great way to help your child understand the connection between numerals and the values they represent.

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Transform your uncomfortable wooden shoes into charming mini planters!

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Let your child be a designer for the day with this first grade arts and crafts activity: make a felt pillow decorated with colorful felt cut-outs.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by making personalized art out of some Celtic letters.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

This unique Santa is made only from circles. Your little one will have a fantastic time puzzling together Santa's face with this circle-centric activity.

Return to school in style! Dress up your pencil holders with this delightful and always seasonally appropriate arts and craft project.

Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

Your kindergartener will improve his fine motor skills and learn beginning baking techniques as he helps you concoct this crumbly apple dessert!

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

This fun and easy project is the perfect way to help your first grader remember who's who, practice her handwriting, and help decorate for Thanksgiving.

In this activity, your child will be given images that portray different perspectives or emotions. Your child will practice empathy by coloring and drawing what each person may have been thinking or feeling.

Sometimes a sandwich is just ho hum boring. Help your kid make lunch fun by threading her favorite ingredients on a skewer for a quick and easy sandwich kabob.

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

There are a lot of ways to make decorative wreaths. This wreath uses cloth and egg carton flowers!

Create a world of bugs with your kid! This variation on finger painting is a great project to create after a trip to the zoo or while learning about science.

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

Challenge your budding wordsmith to see how many words he can make out of his own name, using homemade flashcards.

Explore measurement with your second grader and make this terrific holiday craft.

Need another reason to celebrate Thanksgiving? Now kids can create a sunny, textured sunflower card to remember the day!