Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Activities : Page 70

Making gift bags for a Halloween party or tricker-treaters is a great way for your child to learn a bit about geometry and origami!

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

In this activity, your child will explore what it means and how it feels to live in a community.

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

This simple and creative arts and crafts activity is great for preschoolers or kindergarteners and uses recycled magazines or newspapers.

Help your child make sense of our colorful world with this easy-to-make color challenge!

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

This Santa key lets kids invite Mr. Claus inside, even if they don't have a chimney. Make a Santa key with your child to bring some Christmas cheer inside.

Streamline your busy mornings by preparing some delicious Swiss oatmeal the night before.

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

Your preschooler is familiar with the colors in their crayon box, but can they find these colors in the world? Take them on a scavenger hunt to find out!

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

Create a one-of-a-kind lunchbox with your second grader using recycled materials and some down home ingenuity!

Make a phonics paper egg to help your child build up his reading and writing skills.

Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

Help your child show Dad how super he is by making this homemade superhero shirt.

Your child can easily create a ghoulishy adorable bat treat keeper. Crafting this funny fella is a great way to introduce the basic components of sculpture.

Since every person's fingerprint is unique, a fingerprint keychain is a fun way for your kindergartener to leave her own special mark on a useful item.

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Want to capture this year? Make a time capsule of this period in your child's life! You may just be surprised at what you find, when you dig it up next year...

Want to add some extra pizazz to dress up play? Help your child craft a personalized purse out of an old gift or shopping bag!

Guessing is more than pure fun, it's also a key part of kindergarten math. Here's a fun way to bring estimation to the breakfast table.

Teach your young academic about counting and clocks with a tasty treat!

Before hitting the road this summer, arm yourself with Straight Face, a game guaranteed to turn bored frowns into happy grins and giggles.

Picking words out can be tricky. In this early reading activity, your child will place letter markers on a grid to make words appear out of the jumble.

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

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!