Preschool - 5th Grade Activities : Page 44

Demonstrate how you can make your own compass using a magnetized needle. It also allows you to compare magnetic north and geographic north.

Use this fun spin-off of Bingo to help your child practice number recognition and listening skills!

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

Celebrate Mexican heritage and inspire creativity in your budding artist with this unique arts and crafts activity.

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

Bring a little Caribbean flavor and cultural knowledge to the table with this delicious conch salad, a local Bahamian dish.

Heart hair clips give your sweetheart a sweet style upgrade. These heart hair clips are perfect for Valentine's Day or anyday that needs a little extra love.

Introduce your young artist to this art form with this fun and creative activity, which blends arts and crafts with patterning for hidden math practice!

Turn printed family photos into a sturdy "flash card" game to help your child learn the names and faces of near and distant relatives.

Get fired up for the new school year with a "Back-to-School Calendar" you and your child can make at home.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Make homemade lemonade in a baggie with your preschooler with this fun and easy recipe.

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

Are you looking for an easy-to-play, fun game? Try Cat and Mouse. All you need is a large bed sheet or tablecloth, a "cat" and a "mouse", and you're all set.

Kids paint a still life of a vase of flowers using colors found side by side on the color wheel, just like Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers.

Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!

Make this African collar necklace for a lesson in crafting and African culture.

Help your child find a creative way to say "I love you" with this sign language card that she can give to someone special in her life.

Create a bee garden to help shelter bees in your area.

Science fair project which uses coins flips to visually demonstrate the probability of an event and how to express it.

In this 3rd grade science activity, you'll experiment with the little-known fourth state of matter: polymers! Mix borax with white glue and watch what happens.

Take some inspiration from the past and create some wood block prints with your fourth grader.

How does frost form? How fast does it form? Do this simple science project using a plastic glass, rock salt and some water to learn about deposition.

This science fair project demonstrates the magic of arches by challenging students to stack telephone books on top of eggs without breaking them.

Assist your kindergartener in constructing his own shy little magic turtle out of just a plastic cup, tube sock, and wooden dowel.

Try this card game to build math fact skills, like addition and subtraction, and have a great time, too!

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

Challenge your kindergartener to finding out if a coin toss is really fair by conducting this coin toss experiment.