2nd Grade Activities : Page 12

It's important to be able to add and subtract quickly and accurately, and this activity is the perfect way to practice.

Your child can emulate M.C. Escher with this hands-on art project for fall and Thanksgiving.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

In this activity, your child will explore what it means and how it feels to live in a community.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

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

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Practice subtraction with your second grader in this fun dice game. Math concepts have never been more fun!

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Make a paper floral bouquet for Mother's Day that looks as beautiful as real flowers and will last much longer!

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

Encourage your child to practice skip counting by turning number patterns into this fun and interactive game of catch.

This science fair project examines how seeds hitchhike on animals and clothing.

Here's a fun book-making project that will help your child learn to abbreviate and provide an opportunity for her to exercise her artistic abilities.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

Construct cute baby chicks with nothing but fuzzy pom-poms and an assortment of other craft supplies.

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

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.

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

Do you think you could walk around upside down -- with your feet in the air and your head on the ground?

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

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

Trying to find sums of groups of multiples is a great way to practice your addition. Be sure to double check your work. If you clear all of the cards, you win!

Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.

These potato yogurt cupcakes are a healthy and delicious treat to be shared during the special Jewish holiday of Passover.