1st - 3rd Grade Activities : Page 20

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

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Boost creativity with this simple activity where kids make up biographies of people they find in old magazines.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Introduce learners to the skeletal system and create a budget-friendly Halloween craft with this paper skeleton!

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with this outdoor group ball game that's similar to Four Square.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

Help your kid feel like a superhero with this safe and fun science experiment that creates an electrical charge that's like a mini lightning bolt!

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Your child can learn more about Vincent van Gogh's influential style of painting by creating an homage to Starry Night, one his most beloved paintings.

This uniquely cute Easter bunny craft will give your child practice tracing their handprint while repurposing a paper plate as the base for their bunny.

Create an American flag pinwheel in this Fourth of July craft activity!

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Hanukkah gelt is a festive treat for the Festival of Lights. Make this Hanukkah gelt even more special with chocolate-dipped apricots.

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

This balloon-powered car project is a great way for your kid to learn about energy and how it can be used efficiently.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Using dried beans and corn, foods that are prevalent in Mexican cuisine, your child will create three-dimensional sombrero art.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Is it a bird? Is it Superman? No, it's your third grader's homemade miniature plane zooming across the room on a zip line.

Wool can absorb 1/3 of its weight in water, while still keeping the body warm. She can test this theory by performing a scientific sock comparison!

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

Looking for a cool game to help your first grader learn her 11s? Look no further than this clever one-person card game.

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child the helpful strategy of adding quickly to 10 in this fun and easy-to-make card game!

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Is it magic? No...it's the amazing, gravity-defying capillary action experiment! Kids will love this dramatic and enlightening science fair project.

Learners can hone their cutting skills while making this patriotically festive star collage!

Help your child show Dad how super he is by making this homemade superhero shirt.

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.