2nd Grade Activities : Page 8

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

This funny valentine features springing hearts and sparkling stickers to make an unusual holiday greeting. Make a funny valentine with your little comedian.

Science fair project which determines whether the size or the thickness of a piece of paper has an effect on how many times it can be folded in half.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Use painted pasta to create your very own ancient Egyptian necklace.

Add simple fractions in this fun math card game for second graders. This game is very similar to Blackjack, or 21, but it's entirely kid friendly!

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

Learn how to make fairy wings with these easy instructions. See how to make fairy wings for Halloween or dress-up time.

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

Fly into some rainy day fun with a cardboard airplane project. Making paper airplanes is fun, but you can add a new twist by using recycled materials instead.

Encourage your child to help make dinner special this holiday season! If your child is loves to help in the kitchen, this is a great activity. They will build mini-penguins to enjoy while waiting for dinner!

This Where the Wild Things Are costume will make your little wild thing look just like Max. This Where the Wild Things Are costume is surprisingly easy to make.

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

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Everyone has a dream. The hard part is striving to make those dreams come true. Encourage your child to dream big with this easy craft project.

Ever wondered how a plant drinks water? This science project will teach you how and help you create a beautiful floral display!

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.

This chocolate gelt is the perfect Hanukkah treat. Chocolate gelt is used as a gift for children or in the classic Hanukkah game of Dreidel.

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.

Turn a boring lunch bag into a personalized suburban house. Your child will look forward to his lunch when he has the coolest bag house on the block!