1st and 2nd Grade Community and Culture Activities

Help your child discover the difference between his wants and needs using this poster.

This simple art project will help your child think of nice words to say that come from the heart.

Celebrate Ramadan by creating a crescent moon and star...out of stars! This craft is the perfect way to introduce your child to an important national symbol.

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

This easy craft project boosts counting and fine motor skills, and will help kids learn about Jewish culture.

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.

Tell the Purim story in a new way: By making a set of puppets out of an old deck of cards!

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

Give your child an American history lesson as you create a colorful mini totem pole!

Encourage your child to learn about the Japanese culture as you make a traditional Japanese fan out of paper.

Ancient tribes believed that these dolls kept worries away at night. Your 1st grader can make his own and learn about history, culture, and art in this activity

Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.

Your child can decorate her own set of Russian nesting dolls in this easy felt craft.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.

Your child will look forward to lunchtime with this artistic reinterpretation of the same old cold lunch.

Get started on an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos with this easy edible sugar skull project.

Here's a great activity to help learners satisfy their snow play cravings in a cozy indoor setting!

Teach your child about the importance of Labor Day by helping her learn about the different hats that are worn by workers in various occupations.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

This cultural craft makes a pretty decoration and teaches kids about other cultures.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

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