1st - 4th Grade Activities : Page 2

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Tissue Valentine's hearts make great decorations and help your child work out those all-important fine motor skills.

In this fun science fair project idea, kids will experiment with various methods in order to discover the fastest way to cool a soda.

Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

In this activity you and your child will learn about the African Americans that changed history in a fun quiz format.

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

A woven heart makes a thoughtful and heartfelt gift for a special friend or family member on Valentine's Day. Make a woven heart with your young crafter.

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

An "I Love You" book is a perfect gift for a very special friend on Valentine's Day. Our "I Love You" book shares the love in eight different languages.

Your child will learn a whole alphabet of different jobs while they complete this brain-teaser chart just in time to celebrate Labor Day!

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

Play multiplication war, a fun card game, with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.

Does the temperature of a magnet affect its strength? Learn about the relationship between magnets and temperature with this cool physics science fair project.

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

Tired of gum with flavor that lasts for just a couple of minute? Put gum to the test with this chewy science experiment!

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

A valentine garland makes any home look more lovely on Valentine's Day. Craft a simple valentine garland with your child to add some heart to your day.

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

Did you know your body is full of simple machines? This project looks at one of the third-class levers in the human body: your arm!

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

A heart wreath is a pretty and festive Valentine's Day decoration. Make a heart wreath with your child this Valentine's Day.

This science fair project idea discovers which brand of bubblegum produces the largest bubbles.

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

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