Preschool - 5th Grade Activities : Page 130

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

This felt pie craft not only teaches sewing skills, but is a sneaky introduction to elementary math standards like geometry, measurement and estimation.

Practice measurement and proportion with your first grader, and in the process, make three scrumptious salads for you and your child to share on Mother's Day!

Help your little one figure out the differences between the worlds of air, land and water, a huge step in understanding how our environment works.

In this design challenge, your child will use building bricks to create a funny face. The activity instructions include question prompts thta can help guide your child through the creative process, and promote their problem-solving skills.

Your first grader will love feeding his favorite winged creatures with these tasty Christmas "cookies" for birds!

This fun activity will have your child creating a Halloween-themed bookmark to use throughout the Halloween season. All they have to do is follow the directions on the legend!

Get your preschooler to practice a steady hand and celebrate Read Across America Day with this challenging stacking activity inspired by Dr. Seuss.

In this science fair project, students examine under what conditions individual plants release seeds and how far the seeds are released.

Let your preschooler develop her fine motor skills in this cooking activity that has her creating hamburger cookies, a great snack for any party or BBQ.

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

This fun Christmas craft recycles paper bags to create personalized stockings by your kids to enjoy during the holidays.

In this activity, your kid will cut rectangles, circles and triangles to create a portrait of the jolliest man of them all: Santa Claus!

Fireworks are such an exciting part of part of summer festivities, but it's sad when the show is over. Keep them alive all year long with watercolor fireworks.

Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.

Help your child practice her counting as she makes this fun and festive holiday decoration!

Traditionally, lovespoons were made by suitors to give to their love interests. Have your kid make his own love spoons this Valentine's Day!

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

Want to do something a little different for Dad this year? Have your child design his very own Father's Day "Greatest Hits CD" card.

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

Got a kid who loves fashion? Help her develop her own unique style with this tie-dye project using natural dyes.

In this activity, your child will take a walk outside, listen to the silence in between sounds, and draw what the experience was like for them.

Make a personalized pillowcase for your third grader with his old-fashioned silhouette image. You won't be able to find these in stores!

This science fair project idea explores whether color affects a person's emotional state.

This science fair project uses paper chromatography to investigate whether black, brown, orange, and purple are pure colors or mixtures of other colors.

The pottery technique of coiling may be old, but it's probably new to your kid! Make coil pots with your preschooler throw in a little cultural lesson too!

Your fourth grader will improve her hand-eye coordination making catnip mice, and you'll finally have a use for all those mate-less socks in the laundry room!

Discover which fabrics shrink the most in the wash and why.

Cook up some spooky ghost toast for all your little ghouls and goblins this Halloween!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year by making your very own lucky pot of (chocolate!) gold in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.