1st - 5th Grade Activities : Page 23

Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

In this enlightening transpiration experiment, kids will explore how the loss of water from plants through transpiration contributes to the water cycle.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Delight your child by helping them to construct a boat that can hold two seaworthy toy figures in this engaging project made from upcycled water bottles.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Science fair project which teaches you about the principles of physics within a vacuum by creating a vacuum chamber.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Here's a super fun game to get in some place value practice with your child!

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

What better way to encourage family bonding and communication than to make a family directory to help everyone keep in touch?

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

Nothing chases the blues away like a trip to the boardwalk. Bring the fun home with this do-it-yourself version that sneaks in some math practice.

Dream big with a homemade dream journal, a great writing exercise for elementary-age kids.

In this activity, your child will learn and teach someone else five finger breathing, and they will also draw a picture of their experience.

Check out this simple version of a pairs game that's played all over the world. It's a great way to practice estimating and predicting mathematical outcomes.

Looking for a fun group activity for kids? Offering writing practice, grammar review, and plenty of hands-on creativity, wacky word art is the way to go.

This simple and fun project introduces kids to the art of pottery and offers them a glimpse into how ancient peoples created the very first Neolithic pottery.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

How does frost form? How fast does it form? Do this simple science project using a plastic glass, rock salt and some water to learn about deposition.

Sweet potatoes lend a creamy texture and peppery seasoning gives a spicy kick in this fall hash recipe.

Kids conduct a cool balloon rocket experiment in this fun science fair project idea. Does a greater volume of air mean a greater distance traveled?

Have you ever taken a bag of snacks with you on a road trip? If you lived in the 19th century, you might have taken hardtack instead.

Kids will learn how to measure the viscosity of liquids by making their own homemade viscometer in this great science fair project idea.

Are you tired of the same old Easter egg dying routine? Does your kid love to try new art techniques? If so, try making Easter eggs out of embroidery floss!

Help your fifth grader honor Black History month and the musical genre of jazz by crafting decorative music notes embellished with jazz musical instruments.

In this activity, learners will discover how to make a basic water filtration system using common materials found around the house or outside.