1st - 8th Grade Activities : Page 16

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

This kinesthetic game will help your child practice rounding and get the adrenaline rushing!

Help your curious third grader construct a dazzling spinning wheel that will teach him about the science behind colors while providing some silly entertainment!

The objective of this science fair project idea is to examine light refraction as it passes through liquid crystals.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

Playing a tactile game with multiplication will help your child get a better grasp of basic math concepts and transform your kid into a master multiplier.

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

Focus on tasty savory dishes instead of sweet treats this Valentine's Day: make Caprese salad with heart-shaped mozzarella.

Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.

What’s the best part of fall? Pumpkins! Use this easy recipe to help your child make some delicious smelling pumpkin play dough. They can use their math skills to measure and mix and then have hours of fun playing!

Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!

Your child can use watercolors to paint butterflise and to practice the "wet into wet" technique, an important step in art.

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

Turn learning fractions into a pizza party in this fun second grade math game.

Learn all about cause and effect as your child experiments with an exploding pumpkin in this engaging fall activity! Get the whole family involved with this simple science experiment that is a fun and exciting way to combine Halloween and science.

Kids will learn how to make a steam powered rocket boat, also called a putt putt boat or a pop pop boat, in this great science fair project for 4th graders.

Your child can re-purpose any used (and cleaned) can into a colorful container to hold Dad's pens and pencils on his desk!

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

Help your 4th grader learn how to make a topographic map and strengthen key grade level social studies and math skills in the process.

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?