1st - 4th Grade Activities : Page 79

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

Make this paper mache gargoyle for a lesson in Medieval architecture and sculpture.

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

What chromosome combinations determine a fetus gender? Use probability to think about whether a sperm and ovum will create a male or female in this project.

Encourage the brain-body connection in your child with movement games. This activity will decide who’s got the better moves, throughout the ages of music!

Mobiles make fun art projects for creative kids. Help your child bend simple pipe cleaners into bug shapes as diverse as the creepy crawlies that inspired them.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

This simple Veterans Day craft is a great way to have your kid work on her drawing skills and put her vocabulary to the test too!

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Learn an ancient craft with this introduction to weaving. A great tie-in for kids learning about ancient cultures.

Turn your child's favorite fruits and vegetables into an edible necklace!

Your first grader will love feeding his favorite winged creatures with these tasty Christmas "cookies" for birds!

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

Have you ever noticed the way a dropped stone makes a fun pattern in a pond or lake? What's the science behind these splashy occurrences?

Make English grammar fun with this engaging card game! Play a few rounds after a lesson on tenses to help students review what they have learned.

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Help your child make a recycling poster for your household and teach them how to take care of the environment!

Children will deepen their understanding of global citizenship and create a collage that illustrates all of the ways many communities are connected.

Help your child to invent her own chore-helper to help her put that growing imagination to good use!

Make a personalized pillowcase for your third grader with his old-fashioned silhouette image. You won't be able to find these in stores!

Your third grader will love both recreating and dressing up as his favorite reptile with this frightening crocodile jaw costume!

Make this mason jar craft that looks like a glowing snowflake and works like a lantern!

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

Caring for ourselves and others can build connections and a greater sense of love. In this activity, children reflect on what it means to be caring and to show kindness to others through drawing and performing a kind act of their choosing.

In this arts and crafts activity, help your kindergartener make friendship bracelets with just safety pins, elastic, and some colorful beads.

How goofy can your first grader get? Show her how to use balloons and yarn to craft a collection of silly faces!

It's always fun to recycle household items into something great. Here's a quick and easy way to turn a used juice box into a police radio for hours of play!

Enjoy the fragrant scents of the holiday season with this pomander activity. A perfect arts and crafts project for preschool or kindergarten age children.

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.