2nd Grade Activities : Page 9

In this activity, your second grader will design her very own heart map to show what she's really made of.

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.

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

Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.

Help your child "step up" to second grade math fact challenges with a fun addition and subtraction game in your very own kitchen.

Explore form, space, and texture with your child this Valentine's Day by making a charming papier-mâché heart sculpture!

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Bring the zoo to you with this fun second grade arts and crafts activity: make a mini menagerie using colored pipe cleaners, a pencil and marker, and eyes!

This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.

Encourage your child to eat nutritiously by having them build this delicious summer fruit cone!

This year on Mother's Day, here's a gift that builds vocabulary while bringing a smile to Mom's face!

This balloon-powered car project is a great way for your kid to learn about energy and how it can be used efficiently.

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Make a creative Father's Day art card to celebrate your family's beloved guy!

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.

Here are three healthy burger recipes your second grader can help you whip up for a summer barbecue!

Decorating pumpkins is a safer, cleaner alternative to carving. These Cubist art pumpkins are easy and fun to make, and serve as great fall decor.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

Create your very own adorable reindeer to keep you company throughout the holiday season.