2nd Grade Activities : Page 11

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.

This activity is a craft project and a math workshop all in one! Use found objects to encourage your child to imitate, extend, and create patterns.

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

This game is the perfect way to prepare your child for any shopping adventures you may embark upon, all while practicing important math concepts.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

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.

Your child can create an interactive map of his neighborhood focusing on the different textures he finds!

Make a unique painting while learning about sea life.

Help your child make her very own clock with a recycled, thrift store find to give as a gift or keep for yourself!

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

Play this daily money game with your 2nd grade child to help his math skills.

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

Enchant your garden with flower fairies and let their beauty bloom with this charming fairy craft.

What better way to raise awareness about the environment than with an eco-friendly Earth-themed party? Get your party started with this step-by-step guide.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Celebrate African heritage by making an African flag banner. This fun, culturally-inspired art project is perfect for Black History Month.

This Thanksgiving table runner craft isn't just fun and festive, it also helps your child build muscles for hand strength, fine motor skills, and handwriting.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

Who says you have to buy your toys at the toy store? In this activity, you can plan and build a pretend play city entirely out of recycled materials.

This Fourth of July, create some explosive colors on black paper for fun Fourth of July decorations!

Create a sun-shaped summer words chart in this DIY craft activity!

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.