1st - 3rd Grade Activities : Page 16

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

This project compares the strength of one, two, and three-ply toilet paper.

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.

Try this fun addition game with your second grader! Arrange playing cards to find the largest possible sums.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

Is your kid indecisive about what he wants to be when he grows up? Instead of concentrating on just one dream, encourage him to explore the possibilities.

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

Play tic-tac-toe and help your kid memorize multiplication facts!

Let the world be your canvas by transforming an ordinary household window into a snowy holiday scene.

Instead of tossing old school supplies, turn them into a work of art and teach your kids how to find new uses for old things.

This science experiment tests whether warm or cold water works best in making cut flowers last longer.

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

The 100th day of school is an important benchmark for kids in the lower elementary grades. Help your kid create a 100 days of school shirt to celebrate!

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

Help your child create a special Valentine's Day garland in this heart-y math activity. Soon he'll be creating patterns that are both intricate and lovely.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!

Cherries usually burst with flavor, but in this science experiment they burst with osmotic pressure. This science activity will blow your curious kid's mind!

Your child can emulate M.C. Escher with this hands-on art project for fall and Thanksgiving.

This countdown to Christmas craft is fun for kids who are excited for the holiday. Countdown to Christmas with this fun holiday activity.