Preschool - 2nd Grade Activities : Page 3

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

Here's a simple craft activity that can help your youngster better visualize the life cycle of a frog as a circle.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

Encourage your preschooler's creativity with this exciting art project! Every "scratch art" drawing is unique and colorful!

This Earth Day, create an adorable litter bug while learning about the importance of recycling.

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Reuse and recycle your CDs by having your kid turn them into colorful, eye-popping suncatchers.

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

How can we describe the relationship of magnetic field strength vs. distance? Kids will find out with this free science fair project idea.

This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.

This science fair project idea investigates how magnetism can defy the force of gravity.

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Kids will explore the corrosiveness of soda in this cool science fair project by leaving pennies submerged in soda overnight.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

Help your child discover the difference between his wants and needs using this poster.

Help your preschooler craft a homemade wind spinning device--a surefire to make your backyard sparkle, and teach her a bit about weather!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

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

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!