Preschool - 2nd Grade Activities : Page 86

Childhood summers are magical, full of splashy fun and relaxing afternoons. Preserving those memories should be special as well.

Help you child burn his very own CD with all of his favorite color songs to create a compilation album that is truly one of a kind.

Made entirely out of recycled materials, this handmade decoration is a great way to spruce up a dresser, bookshelf, or the living room mantle.

Craft your own Mardi Gras wreath to celebrate the holiday and help your kid build her fine motor skills while you're at it!

In this activity, children create rising foam as they reflect on the many ways they have grown over the past months and learn how a "beginner's mind" is helpful.

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.

In this activity, your child will learn how to spruce up her bike with an original license plate!

Kids print their own smudges, then turn them into silly monsters that are sure to bring lots of laughs along the way.

What IS That Thing? is a game for kids of all ages that uses scrap paper and junk from around the house! A great way to recycle, reduce, and reuse.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will write loving kindness notes to place around the home to serve as a reminder (for themselves and others) to see the goodness within themselves.

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

Craft like the Colombians did in ancient times and make these line drawings out of twine, rope, or yarn.

Practice color combinations with a learning tool that looks amazing — and delicious!

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

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

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

Help your child explore their imagination and self-image with a larger-than-life-size self-portrait!

Practicing letters and words by writing them out is all well and good, but spelling out your practice words with old puzzle pieces is a lot more fun!

Here's a preschool arts and crafts project that makes personalizing your child's room affordable, easy and fun.

In this activity, children learn about artistic portraiture by creating a life-sized painting of their favorite creature.

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.

If your 2nd grade child asks for time often, encourage him to read time on his own by talking about time throughout the day.

Remind your child of all the things that go bump, bump in the night with a fun post-Halloween activity.

Add an ancient protective tool to your child's dress-up chest: the Viking shield!

In this activity, your child fills jars with water to learn about acoustics, and practices mixing colors to form a rainbow of colors and sounds.

Help your preschooler grasp the concept of ordering and sequence while teaching him valuable vocabulary with simple activities around the house.

Make the most out of your next wait at the airport by playing Airport Lounge, a fun and creative game of storytelling and make-believe!

Kids feel like theyâre playing with dinner, and get to explore different shapes of pasta while making a mirror image print with tomato sauce.