1st - 5th Grade Activities : Page 12

Try this fun math card game and practice place value with your second grader! Decide which number is bigger in order to earn points!

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Science fair project that examines what causes thunder and why a thunderclap sounds so loud. How is lightening related to the creation of sound waves?

Do you love to make Jell-O? Find out in this science fair project idea if it is possible to make Jell-O with just warm water.

Examine whether distilled water, spring water, or regular tap water yield faster plant growth.

Celebrate the spirit of Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech with this meaningful and educational art project.

This science fair project idea discovers if an artificial light source will yield the same plant health and growth rates as light from the sun.

Make a clever egg pop-up card for Easter that hides a special surprise: open the flaps, and out pops a fluffy baby chick!

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Make this African collar necklace for a lesson in crafting and African culture.

Have you ever noticed the ridges on a dog's nose? In this project, we take several dogs' nose prints and discover just how unique they are!

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

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

This basketball project explores the best way to make the perfect shot every time.

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

Egg cartons are known to have abundant uses. As you get into the cold winter months, discuss penguins with your child by creating these adorable egg carton penguins!

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

Learn about magnifying glasses, concave lenses and inverted images by sending rays of light through a magnifying glass in this cool science fair project!

Let your young scientist explore a brave new world of sound with an experiment that just requires a handful of common household items.

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

Mummy chic or rag-tag retro? Catch the oldest trend in bandaged jewelry!