1st - 3rd Grade Activities : Page 43

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Make a seashell wind chime for your back porch. Perfect for younger kids to build motor skills on.

Flip your way into the fall season with this easy and delicious pumpkin pancake recipe that your child can make on weekend mornings!

Time is an abstract concept that's difficult to grasp. But waiting for the turkey to come out of the oven on Thanksgiving is a concretely yummy experience.

Make ancient Egypt come alive by showing kids how to make their own mini sarcophagus out of a shoe box.

Make your own chalkboard to liven up a playroom, and encourage your child to practice writing and math!

Invite your first grader to play this subtraction sacks game to get her actively involved in understanding and memorizing subtraction facts.

Your mother is a treasure, so celebrate her with a fun Motherâs Day Treasure Hunt.

Here's an arts and crafts activity to help your child put together his own "Back to School" scrapbook.

Using cardboard and duct tape, you can make a durable Father's Day frame that Dad can hang anywhere from his workbench to the office!

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

This lucky cake makes the perfect hideout for leprechaun treasure.

Defend your cards in this multiplication math game! Your kid will enjoy using strategy to build equations and win points in this activity.

For some good "green" fun, pull out your blender. A spinach smoothie?! You better believe it! And kids will not only slurp it up, they"ll beg for seconds.

Make a one-of-a-kind necklace this holiday season with this Christmas bead craft that will warm the heart of whoever receives it!

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

This Labor Day, encourage your child to learn more about the different tools and supplies found in a doctor's bag by having her create one of her own!

This science exploration lets your first grader see how eggs can provide a perfect environment for a living, growing creature.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Kids will make predictions about cricket behavior by conducting this fun and easy experiment which simulates different environments for crickets.

Don't toss out those old tortillas! Your child can use them to create her own tortilla chips in any flavor she can imagine.

Your child will create their very own filigree drawing; twirling, or coiling small strips of lightweight paper around toothpicks and gently gluing them down.

Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

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

These kid-friendly banana muffins are fun to make, and they pack in the protein with a healthy dose of quinoa added to the mix.

These festive red and blue drink umbrellas are the perfect DIY party idea. While you're making them you can even sneak in a little compass practice.

Your child will have a blast developing their fine motor skills and working on shape recognition with this bright and cheery crab decoration.

This hungry lunch bag monster will rev up your childâs appetite and get him excited about whatâs inside.

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.