1st - 4th Grade Activities : Page 25

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Get inspired by the great outdoors and help your child make a quirky jewelry tree out of chopsticks!

Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.

Figuring out fractions can be a challenge! But with this game your child will become more comfortable converting fractions after only a little practice.

It's a great time for family crafts. Here's a ghost Halloween decoration you and your child can make together.

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.

This school year, have your child decorate his very own clip board and watch him do his homework in style!

Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.

This is a fantastic and easy science experiment where kids will learn about elasticity by testing how high bouncy balls of different materials can bounce.

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

The meaning of Thanksgiving can sometimes get lost among the fun of food and family. Discuss the meaning of Thanksgiving with this fun activity.

Making these one-of-a-kind mug markers will help your child flex his creativity and gain button-sewing practice.

Trying to find sums of groups of multiples is a great way to practice your addition. Be sure to double check your work. If you clear all of the cards, you win!

This science fair project idea investigates the difference in reaction times between boys and girls.

Take some inspiration from the past and create some wood block prints with your fourth grader.

The goal of this science fair project is to discover the science behind carbonated soft drinks and apply this knowledge to create a new one.

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.

Horseshoes makes a perfect family activity for a summer afternoon. With a bit of cardboard and handful of pennies, you can create your own set!

Science fair project idea that examines different physical characteristics of a chosen animal. Make educated guesses about evolution based on animal's form.

Is cleaning with lemon effective? Get ready to give this science project some elbow grease and find out if acidic lemons can be used as a cleaning agent.

This simple fall-themed syllable game is a great way to introduce the concept of a syllable to your young learner.

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

Compare fractions in this two-player math game. The objective of the games is to work together to determine who has created the largest fraction.

Why not change things up a bit with this fun way of making those loop-hole bunny ears that sit at the top of his sneakers.

Holiday thank you cards show friends and family that you appreciate them. Make a batch of holiday thank you cards with your child this winter.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

In this painting and drawing project, not only will stars shine in the evening sky over the skyscrapers, they will also create a waterfront reflection.

This bon bon recipe will help you ring in the new year. Make this delicious bon bon recipe, coated with graham crackers, powdered sugar, and cocoa powder.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.