2nd - 8th Grade Activities : Page 92

Celebrate Veterans Day with your child by helping them create and send a well-deserving veteran a "thank you" card via the U.S. Veteran's Affairs Department.

Find out whether cast iron or regular teflon pans heat up faster and also retain their heat longer.

This Sephardic meat pie features ground beef, mashed potato, onions, and spices simmered in a hearty gravy and then baked in matzoh crust.

Celebrate the sweeter side of the holidays with this charming mouse ornament!

In this activity, your child will experience multitasking, then mindfulness and compare the two in terms of productivity and calmness.

In this social emotional learning activity, kids will reflect on the past goals they've accomplished, then brainstorm new ideas, inventions, or goals they would like to accomplish and make a prototype to help visualize their achievement.

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

This Halloween, have your child create a ghoulish bat treat keeper. While crafting he'll learn the basic components of sculpture.

Introduce your fifth grader to the irresistible fun of string art with this letter project!

Create tasty and healthy bruschetta the whole family will love and get your child in the kitchen involved in making the food they eat!

Is your kid all bent out of shape? Try out some trendy dog yoga, or "doga," with your pet dog!

In Colonial times, fixing a chair was a lot easier than making one! Any fifth-grader can wrap up a mirror or photo frame the same way Colonists caned chairs.

Staying close to home doesn't mean you can't get moving! Use this fun challenge activity to encourage your child to move their body in new ways while testing their endurance!

In this activity, your child will explore the differences between facts and opinions. Together, you will go on a scavenger hunt in your home and play the role of detectives in search of facts.

Understanding what forgiveness is and why it is important for friendships is a critical life skill. In this home activity, your child will learn about forgiveness and write a forgiveness letter to someone.

The crust is fun for kids to mix and roll out, and the filling overflows with vitamin and anti-oxidant packed berries!

Create origami claws that can transform your child into a bird, cat, or other clawed creature.

In this lesson, your child will watch a video on restorative justice, and together you will come up with ways your family can use restorative justice at home.

Help your young scientist celebrate the wonders of the night sky in the comfort of your own home.

Children will reflect on the importance of performing acts of kindness for the Earth, hear a story about easy ways they can care for the Earth, and set goals to conserve more in their everyday lives.

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Surprise your child by taking the apple cider from the fridge and transforming it into a wonderful treat!

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

Make “teal the new orange” this Halloween season! Help your child learn about the Teal Pumpkin Project and paint the color teal on a pumpkin to advertise that your family will offer non-food toys as a treat, or “trinket” option.

Children will reflect on how community service makes us better people. Then they will complete a service survey to gain a better understanding of their interests, gifts, and their potential role as a service worker in their community.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot initiate a domino effect.

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

Spice up your everyday vase with this fun craft adding colorful layers of beans to a regular vase. The beans add beauty and function, helping prop up flowers.

Washi Ningyo, otherwise known as Japanese paper dolls, make fantastic bookmarks! Encourage your child to read more with this delightful, origami-inspired doll.