1st and 2nd Grade Activities : Page 50

Build good first grade reading and writing skills, as well as family peace and quiet, with this hand made story book about mornings in your home.

Thank Mr. Jackson Pollock for an afternoon of messy art and educational entertainment.

Find out whether soil amendments can improve soil conditions and help you grow a bigger beanstalk in this ecology experiment!

It's easy to turn old magazines into a fast-and-furious finding game that's both fun and educational for kids.

Help your child explore this ancient art technique with the help of some tinfoil, black paint and the end of a paintbrush!

Want to help your child develop stronger numeracy skills and make your dice games even more fun? Try creating some googly-eyed funny dice.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Create your own jigsaw puzzle using a blown-up family photo, and reconstruct the image as many times as you like. Here's how kids can make this gift.

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

Not only is homemade wrapping paper pretty, but by experimenting with decorative tools, kids are also doing science, art, and small-motor muscle building.

Celebrate Veterans Day with your child by helping them create and send a well-deserving veteran a "thank you" card via the U.S. Veteran's Affairs Department.

In this activity, your child will hear a story and practice mindful breathing. They will paint a picture that reminds them to bring mindfulness and kindness to their puppy mind.

Children will reflect on how community service makes us better people. Then they will complete a service survey to gain a better understanding of their interests, gifts, and their potential role as a service worker in their community.

Childhood summers are magical, full of splashy fun and relaxing afternoons. Preserving those memories should be special as well.

Help you child burn his very own CD with all of his favorite color songs to create a compilation album that is truly one of a kind.

Made entirely out of recycled materials, this handmade decoration is a great way to spruce up a dresser, bookshelf, or the living room mantle.

In this activity, children create rising foam as they reflect on the many ways they have grown over the past months and learn how a "beginner's mind" is helpful.

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will write loving kindness notes to place around the home to serve as a reminder (for themselves and others) to see the goodness within themselves.

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

Craft like the Colombians did in ancient times and make these line drawings out of twine, rope, or yarn.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Support your first grader's interest in reading with this decorative bookmark that illustrates a favorite scene from a loved book.

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

If your 2nd grade child asks for time often, encourage him to read time on his own by talking about time throughout the day.

Remind your child of all the things that go bump, bump in the night with a fun post-Halloween activity.

Add an ancient protective tool to your child's dress-up chest: the Viking shield!

Make the most out of your next wait at the airport by playing Airport Lounge, a fun and creative game of storytelling and make-believe!

In this activity, your child will explore the differences between facts and opinions. Together, you will go on a scavenger hunt in your home and play the role of detectives in search of facts.