2nd and 3rd Grade Activities : Page 30

Your child will have fun creating an Earth Day Plate that he can eat off as often as he likes!

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

Teach your first or second grader about an important Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead, with this traditional skeleton mask made out of a paper plate.

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

Climates with more snowfall have more coniferous forests and fewer deciduous ? Learn about how pine trees in a coniferous forest adapted to withstand snow.

Turn yourself into a personalized paper doll, along with a collection of your favorite outfits.

This is the perfect recycling project for back to school! Your child will put all those extra paper bags to good use and assemble her own personal notepad.

Wake up and create a fun, healthy snowman with your learner! As a family, create a snowman on your plate with yogurt, add some snowman accessories, and design a snowy environment.

What causes dilated pupils? Young scientists will find out by applying what they already know about changes in pupil size and making models of the pupil.

In this experiment, kids will see if pruning tomato plants makes them more fruitful and learn about the factors that contribute to a plant's fruit production.

Palindromes are a fun and silly way to practice writing skills. Challenge your child to come up with as many palindromes as she can in this crazy activity!

This Star of David craft is eco-friendly and will help your child practice basic geometry. Make a festive Star of David craft for Hanukkah.

Brrrrr! It's chilly outside. Now's the perfect time to create a snow globe. But, don't worry, you don't need glass for this dome.

Gather some friends for a bubbly soda taste test do determine calories' role in your favorite drinks.

Test your friends to find out if you can replicate the placebo effect's incredible results.

Start Father's Day off on the right foot by baking Dad a batch of scrumptious muffins packed with fruit, fiber, and heart-healthy oat bran.

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

This science project explores the concept of being opaque or clear. Can you make something clear opaque? Or something opaque clear?

Cook Halloween pasta on All Hallows' Eve. This green pasta with toothy almonds is a super scary and tasty dinner for trick-or-treaters on Halloween night.

This year, celebrate Father's Day with three hilarious outdoor family games.

What do ants eat? Kids find out by observing a colony of ants in this cool zoology science fair project for 4th grade.

Pilgrim hat cookies are tasty Thanksgiving treats. Make marshmallow pilgrim hat cookies with your child to celebrate the Thanksgiving season.

Help your child get more comfortable with rhyme schemes with The Bear in Despair by Amanda Bray Cody.

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.

2nd graders with some weaving experience can turn a gallon milk jug and plastic grocery bags into a functional basket.