Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Activities : Page 29

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

Get ready for Halloween with a pumpkin mask made from construction paper!

Gather the family around for this fun song and game that will get your holiday started!

Stock up on the colorful jelly beans available around Easter and put them to work in a piece of jelly bean art!

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

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

Create some flying bats with your little one this Halloween season. This activity is a great way for your little one to learn about symmetry.

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

Show your kindergartener how to craft a pretty Mother's Day jewelry box that's fit for the baubles of a queen (or at least an extra special mom)!

This paper alternative to tie-dye is faster, easier, and (slightly) less messy, only requiring paper, white crayons, and a little imagination.

Explore emotions through songs and crafts in this social emotional learning activity. In this activity, your child will play an emotions guessing game and create a kaleidoscope of emotions.

Give your smart second grader a rich challenge with this activity that combines graphing practice with money!

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Make the sentiment of live flowers last and last by showing your kindergartener how to craft a bouquet that will never wilt--a family photo bouquet, that is.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

During your next craft time, strike up the band with this homemade Chinese instrument.

Hop over to the craft table and make this easy bunny puppet!

Make math fun for your child by turning it into a game and challenging him to beat the calculator with this cool math race!

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

A heart hug can brighten up any dreary Valentine's Day. Give a friend a heart hug with this fun holiday craft.

Kids entranced by Little House on the Prairie? This popsicle stick "log cabin" is a great introduction to pioneer history.

Here's a Halloween arts and crafts activity for your preschooler, pre-kindergartener, or kindergartener: make bat wings of poster board and ribbon.

Your child can commemorate the best Halloween candy of all time using foam sheets to give your little monster a little practice tracing triangular shapes.

In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.

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.

Make vibrant faux stained glass art inspired by the art of Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter who explored repeating shapes using the primary colors.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Provide your child with Q-tip paint brushes that are bunched together and easy to grip, and encourage him to go to work on his painting masterpiece!