2nd - 4th Grade Activities : Page 58

Let your child step into the main character's shoes as they keep track of the setting, events, and names of characters in the story by keeping a journal.

With this activity, you child will get an opportunity to apply skills they're learning in second grade math, and maybe learn something new about Dad.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

In this activity, your child will write and draw about a time when they acted in ways that illustrated responsibility, kindness, or integrity. They will also reflect on what it felt like to have control over their choices and behaviors.

Help your second grader celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this rainbow table mat.

Show your fourth grader how to design and print his own chop, a Chinese "signature" of sorts that uses calligraphic characters or motifs.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

This school year, have your child decorate his very own clip board and watch him do his homework in style!

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

Dress up a plain old pen with this pretty craft that's great for back-to-school time.

Take a look at this oogly-googly eye Halloween craft! Have your child tweak the design to learn about balance and counterbalance with this crazy-eyed creature.

Your child will create adorable baby footprints using his hand and fingers!

This nature craft is a great way for your child to learn about the fall season and make a festive decoration to display in your home.

Hop to this froggy Valentine's Day craft! Your little one will love making this unique Valentine's Day card, a heart-shaped paper frog.

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.

This Christmas gnome hails from Scandinavia. A Christmas gnome, also known as a nisse, gives gifts on Christmas.

Okay, identifying place value isn't as fun as eating ice cream, but with a few index cards and a competitive spirit, it can be disguised a game!

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

Construct some glittery ring bling with this ring bracelet craft.

This activity will give your child a chance to practice threading a needle, and she'll end up with a fun and unique hair band!

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

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.

Create your very own adorable reindeer to keep you company throughout the holiday season.

By selecting a pattern and carefully repeating it on the entire surface of a pumpkin, your child will transform a simple garden vegetable into a work of art.

Make quick sweet and salty walnuts, a delicious addition to fall salads and fruit and nut plates, or a simple afternoon snack.

Using beautiful oil pastels and their own wild imagination, your child will come up with their own spooky, spectacular, or spine-tingling monster.

Your third grader will love both recreating and dressing up as his favorite reptile with this frightening crocodile jaw costume!

Don't shell out the money for a new pair of kicks! Help your second grader add some charm to her shoelaces with fabric dye.

Make over an old shirt that's destined for the thrift shop with this heart cut-out craft for Valentine's Day.

Santa needs all the helpers he can get, so why not create your very own holiday elf to watch over your presents.