4th Grade Activities : Page 27

Your child can make a sweet and savory spinach strawberry salad; two ingredients that come together for a light and fresh summer dish!

Help your child learn healthy eating habits by transforming every kid's favorite food into a healthy, flavorful after-school snack.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!

Hair ties don't have to be plain old elastic circles. Your child can decorate her hair with beaded hair bands that add flair to her hair!

Celebrate autumn by making a beautiful pastel art piece with corn as its theme.

Need to cool down on a hot summer night? This gazpacho recipe does the trick.

Host a dog wash to raise money for yourself, for charity, or just for fun!

This science fair project explores how osmotic pressure forces water through the root up into the plant.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

Develop your child's hand-eye coordination in a fun and engaging way by challenging her to a game of Drop Catch.

Children reflect on ways they have cared for themselves, others, and the Earth before building a garden to share beauty with others in their community.

In this science fair project, students examine under what conditions individual plants release seeds and how far the seeds are released.

Challenge your child to an exciting race across the pool and engage them in a game of Cruise Ship. Grab some plastic figures, hop in the pool, and you're set.

This zombie shirt is a fun and incredibly simple Halloween costume. Have your kid don the shirt lurch around the neighborhood searching for brains...or candy!

Are you sneaky, sneaky? You'll have to be when your play this fun game involving squirt guns and blindfolds that'll test your child's stealth.

Air-drying clay gives your young artist the opportunity to make a simple bowl that mimics the beauty of an autumn leaf.

Have your child try her hand at creating a colorful, beaded necklace that's not only stylish, but also tells a story.

Your fourth grader will improve her hand-eye coordination making catnip mice, and you'll finally have a use for all those mate-less socks in the laundry room!

In this activity, your child will take a walk outside, listen to the silence in between sounds, and draw what the experience was like for them.

Show your fourth grader how to design and print his own chop, a Chinese "signature" of sorts that uses calligraphic characters or motifs.

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

In this science fair project, students will try to discover if test subjects can detect the presence of Monosodium Glutumate (MSG) in food.

This fun activity will have your child creating a Halloween-themed bookmark to use throughout the Halloween season. All they have to do is follow the directions on the legend!

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Few architectural features are as recognizable as the Russian onion dome. In this project, your kid will recreate the striking beauty of this roof-top marvel.

Celebrate spring -- and take care of a little spring cleaning -- with this creative craft that turns a single sock into an adorable rabbit.

In this activity, your child will explore the difference between boredom and curiosity in building greater attentiveness and happiness in the present moment.