Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Activities : Page 9

Help your kid feel like a superhero with this safe and fun science experiment that creates an electrical charge that's like a mini lightning bolt!

A homemade coat of arms is a great way to get your child thinking about your family's values, and it makes a fun addition to the costume box as well!

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Here's a fun book-making project that will help your child learn to abbreviate and provide an opportunity for her to exercise her artistic abilities.

Learning to count can be pretty tough. Have your child play this game with you or a friend and watch her quickly become a master counter.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Enjoy the beauty of winter from the comfort of your home with this first grade art activity: make sparkly snowflake sculptures using modeling clay and glitter.

Introduce learners to the skeletal system and create a budget-friendly Halloween craft with this paper skeleton!

Make a gingerbread house with your kid with this tutorial. Learn how to make a gingerbread house using a milk carton, graham crackers, and frosting.

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

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

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

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

Tell the Purim story in a new way: By making a set of puppets out of an old deck of cards!

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!

Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Here's a Father's Day gift that won't break the bank. With a touch of fabric paint, transform plain cotton t-shirts into original matching Dad and kid tops.

This simple and seasonal kid activity turns glue and food coloring into beautiful autumn leaves that will last forever.

Simple and straightforward, this money math game helps kids practice counting, adding change, and working with decimals.

A valentine garland makes any home look more lovely on Valentine's Day. Craft a simple valentine garland with your child to add some heart to your day.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Combine an introduction to shape and counting with a springtime art project by showing your kindergartener how to create a vibrant rainbow mosaic.

Brighten up everyone's day with this circular rainbow plate perfect for celebrating spring or St. Patrick's Day.