2nd and 3rd Grade Activities : Page 9

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Give your child some practice with even numbers, while creating a cute Christmas keepsake. Create this skip counting book.

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

In this activity, your student will be invited to build a chair out of building blocks that is designed to meet the specific size and shape of a small doll or toy figure.

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

What causes sound? Here's a simple science experiment that adds a visual element to the science of sound to help kids better understand this tricky concept.

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

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

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

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

In this science project, learn about water transport in plants and make a beautiful dyed floral arrangement with cohesion, adhesion, and xylem tubes!

This science fair project idea explores substances that cause a bubble to last longer.

This science fair project idea explores the egg's thin membrane.

Review fractions with your budding mathematician when you play this fun, educational math board game.

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

In this plastic wrap science fair project, you'll learn about polymer permeability and find out which plastic wrap keeps food from dehydrating best.

Find the area in this fun math card game. You'll help your child start thinking in terms of units as you create shapes out of playing cards.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

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

Will potatoes spud or sprout faster in dry, dark, or cold conditions? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Discover whether cold or hot water from the faucet will boil faster on the stove.

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

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?