Preschool - 4th Grade Activities : Page 113

Looking for a way to channel your spring fever? Create a beautiful spring centerpiece with your child!

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

Looking for hot weather fun? Cool the kids down with a homemade slip and slide! You can create your own water park atmosphere for just a few bucks.

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

Your child will come to better understand symmetry as he create this dramatic black bat mask. It's sure to lend a dark touch to any Halloween costume.

In this activity, your child will watch a video about empathy and practice speaking to someone with empathy. They will also discuss how empathy supports living in a community with others.

Help your child use an old water bottle and a few other household materials to make her own eco-friendly pal!

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

Build a peek-a-boo book and give your child a fun vocabulary and reading boost, on the fly!

Celebrate Easter, or just about any day, with a candy necklace. Grab your favorite candies, a string of yarn and get ready to make a yummy, colorful treat!

Learn how to make a homemade ladybug costume, a quick and easy costume solution for kids of any age.

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.

In this fun felt activity, a few circles of felt and a scattering of beads quickly become flowers that your child can use to decorate a barrette!

This reading activity combines some of the most common sight words with a pictograph puzzle that's sure to keep your kindergartener engaged.

For a cool art project, help your child create a "Me Timeline," a unique poster that works on a key math and social studies skill: putting events in order.

Crystals are a very special structure. In this third grade activity, your child will learn how to grow salt crystals.

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

Engage your preschool children's senses by discovering nature and geography on a walk through the neighborhood.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Challenge your child to an exciting race across the pool and engage them in a game of Cruise Ship. Grab some plastic figures, hop in the pool, and you're set.

Your child will "catch" snowballs with each correct math equation she can answer correctly. If she solves a problem correctly, she gets to keep the snowballs.

If you love the look of yarn but aren't in the mood for complicated knitting or crocheting, have your child create simple and beautiful yarn letters.

Encourage imagination and creativity with this magical craft that lets your child make and design his very own dragon egg.

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Young chefs can easily make this simple soup, perfect for a brisk fall day. Along with being very flavorful, it makes a perfect pre-dinner appetizer or lunch!

Your child will rule his kingdom in style with this regal Pharaoh's head cloth, called a "nemes."

Let your preschooler create something cute while making something delicious to eat: create bread sculptures, or shapes of bread dough!

Here's a TV you won't mind your kids staring at for hours. When kids are in charge of the programming, it's hard to see it as anything but educational!

Got a fussy eater on your hands? Here's a great way to make fruit appear more appealing, and make eating it a lot more fun, too!