1st - 4th Grade Activities : Page 14

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

Help your 4th grader learn how to make a topographic map and strengthen key grade level social studies and math skills in the process.

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

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

Demonstrate the properties of pressure and surface tension to explain how water can stay inside an upside down glass using cardboard.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

In this project, all you need is a protractor to learn how to use the altitude of Polaris to find latitude on Earth. Polaris is also known as the North Star.

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

This is a great game to help your child learn number concepts in multiplication and division.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

Ancient Greek vases were not only utilitarian, they were also works of art. Jump into ancient cultures by decorating your own vase in classic Greek style.

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

In this pinto bean germination experiment, you'll learn about how fertilizer aids in growing pinto beans into seedlings.

How can we describe the relationship of magnetic field strength vs. distance? Kids will find out with this free science fair project idea.

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.

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

Let your fifth grader use his wits to challenge friends to complete their labyrinthine book of mazes!

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

Bring out your child’s creative side with this fun Halloween-themed craft.

These DIY star garlands will add the perfect patriotic touch to your home this 4th of July!

Play this "subtraction war" card game with your second grader and watch his math facts mastery leap forward!

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

Create equations in this strategic math card game. Your second or third grader can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in a new way!

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!