2nd Grade Activities : Page 4

This witches' brew recipe for kids is a cool mix of lemonade, tapioca pearl "eggs," and gummy worms. Try this witches' brew recipe for kids this Halloween.

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

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

Layer images and handprint owls to create a Halloween painting!

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

Milk is made of water and fat; but how can you separate the two? Find out in this color changing milk experiment.

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Learn how to make a haunted house with this Halloween craft. See how to make a haunted house with a project that is fun for ghosts and ghouls alike.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will learn about emotions and how they change, just like many parts of nature. Then they will spend time outside, exploring and reflecting on what they have learned.

Young scientists develop a hypothesis, conduct an experiment, and then revise their hypothesis to find out which common household liquids dissolve candy corn.

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

This unique project will help your child learn the basics of assemblage and he'll create a perfectly festive pumpkin in the process.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

Do something totally unique and new with a pumpkin this year! Practice designing patterns with stripes, zigzags, or geometric shapes. The sky's the limit!

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

In this activity you'll use coffee...to paint! It's a wonderful way to provide your child with a hands-on experience with natural dyes.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Make a sweet, budget-friendly treat for your loved ones with these trick-or-treat lollipops.

During the Passover Seder, many Jewish families pour a cup of red wine for Elijah. This year, help your child create his own welcoming glass for Elijah.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

In this activity, your student will be invited to build a chair out of building blocks that is designed to meet the specific size and shape of a small doll or toy figure.

Bring out your child’s creative side with this fun Halloween-themed craft.

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.