2nd Grade Activities : Page 14

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

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

This dreidel craft gets your child to make the spinning top out of a milk carton. Make an upcycled dreidel craft with your child this Hanukkah.

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

Show your child how to paint in true Georgia O'Keeffe style. He'll enjoy painting art inspired by a master, and boost his math skills, too.

Your child can use colorful construction paper to make an easy paper basket to hold some of his special things!

Here's an Easter themed math game to reinforce your child's logical reasoning and place value skills.

Use adorable animal photos from books or magazines to make these simple valentines that can be given to classmates or friends.

Pizza for breakfast? Celebrate Father's Day with a fun filled cooking treat.

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!

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

Prepare your child for winter with a fake igloo and a list of cozy and chilly vocabulary words.

This Mother's Day, help your child practice math measurement skills with this "mom" recipe card.

Help your child sharpen time skills by creating a special day and charting each part in a detailed schedule.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Put some spring back in the season and teach your child a little about plants with this fun paper flower art project!

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.

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

Here's a salt dough recipe that can be used to make ghostly character sticks for fun Halloween decor.

Find the North Star, and measure your latitude! The purpose of this science fair project is to find latitude and learn about geographic locations.

Here's a tasty summer holiday treat: oatmeal chocolate chip cookie sandwiches filled with cinnamon ice cream.

This adorable activity is a great way to share the Gingerbread Man story with your kid while she practices assemblage.

Who says a party can't be productive? Next time your home is host to a hoard of giggling children, put those creative fingers to use with a party scrapbook!

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

Make exercise fun for your child with this energetic fitness game that's a cross between a cake walk and musical chairs.

Let your second grader channel a famous Dr. Seuss character--the Cat in the Hat--with this hat-making activity inspired by the main character.