Preschool - 2nd Grade Activities : Page 16

When you cut a flower to put into a vase, it'll eventually wilt, even with water and sunshine. But is there another scientific secret to keeping flowers fresh?

Master reading numbers aloud with your first grader in this math card game.

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

This imaginative art activity will help your child to better understand symmetry and explore color and shape.

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

Celebrate the changing seasons with this fun, hands-on art activity that will teach your child about the different colors of the seasons.

Help your second grader celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this rainbow table mat.

Give items that usually get tossed in the trash a second life with this green arts and crafts activity for kindergarteners. Make a milk carton train engine!

Get fired up for the new school year with a "Back-to-School Calendar" you and your child can make at home.

Play this game that lets you create your own silly monster drawing and helps your child practice her counting skills!

This science fair project teaches students the differences between fruits and vegetables.

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.

This counting activity helps preschoolers learn about number sequences and adding.

From Canada's flag, to the Toronto Maple Leafs, to classic maple syrup cookies, the maple tree is very much a part of Canadian heritage.

This arts and crafts activity explores triptych painting while encouraging your preschooler to increase critical sequencing and early literacy skills.

Expand your child's geographic awareness with these fun and easy map lessons.

Make healthy eating a manageable (and yummy) task for your kindergartener by encouraging her to help you make a healthy apple sauce snack!

Help your child make a festive woven basket using paper bowls and yarn that is sure to please and fun to make.

Build your child's vocabulary by exploring and discussing spatial relationships during everyday activities such as building, rearranging, and ordering.

How does the size of a vibrating surface affect the pitch of a drum? Learn about drum size and pitch with this easy science fair project idea.

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

Support your first grader's interest in reading with this decorative bookmark that illustrates a favorite scene from a loved book.

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

Give your science savvy kindergarten a lesson in plant science with this fun carnation experiment.

This Where the Wild Things Are costume will make your little wild thing look just like Max. This Where the Wild Things Are costume is surprisingly easy to make.

These spaghetti ornaments take seconds to make and are a great addition to a tree, gift or window.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

Help motivate your child to become a more avid and consistent reader by creating a train-themed reading chart that can serve as a visual reminder of their progress.