Preschool - 4th Grade Common Core Activities

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

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.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Create a prefix-suffix flip-book and help improve decoding skills and vocabulary.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Play this fun basketball game to help your third grader master their multiplication tables.

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

Make English grammar fun with this engaging card game! Play a few rounds after a lesson on tenses to help students review what they have learned.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

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

This game is the perfect way to prepare your child for any shopping adventures you may embark upon, all while practicing important math concepts.

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Time is an abstract concept that's difficult to grasp. But waiting for the turkey to come out of the oven on Thanksgiving is a concretely yummy experience.

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!