Preschool - 5th Grade Activities : Page 77

There's no need to buy musical instruments when you can make your own castanets in less time than it takes to click your way through a percussive song.

This variation on the game of tag combines exercise, teamwork, and a little friendly trickery.

Children who know the names and sounds of letters when they enter school, learn to read sooner. This activity uses a clothesline to work on alphabet sounds.

Press pause on your speedy reader's latest adventure with an activity perfect for book lovers.

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

Make a "feeling meter" that helps your first grader read key feeling words and communicate his emotions accurately to you.

This activity encourages self-expression. When your child is finished she will have created a personalized pin to wear or give as a gift!

Bake these rugelach cookies with your child this Hanukkah to celebrate the holiday and help her practice important math skills.

Your kindergartener will thoroughly enjoy making this gingerbread man paper chain. This activity is small on cost, but large on imagination!

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

Make the 100th day celebration extra special by creating your own 100th Day of School Top Hat.

In this science fair project, we'll explore how blocking the sun's light can stop those can stop photosensitive paper from changing color.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Give your kindergartener a beautiful way to say "I love you" while giving end-of-year math and writing skills a workout!

Your child will have fun creating an Earth Day Plate that he can eat off as often as he likes!

Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.

Science fair project that examines how yeast grows, and which conditions allow for optimal growth. What types of nutrients does yeast prefer?

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Analyze this simple betting game with your fourth grade student in order to discuss probability.

Chocolate dipped candy canes make an elegant and delicious Christmas treat that your fifth grader can make. Make chocolate dipped candy canes with your child.

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

Using beautiful oil pastels and their own wild imagination, your child will come up with their own spooky, spectacular, or spine-tingling monster.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

You've got to try it to believe it! Making these sweet treats allows your second grader to practice with measurement and boost his motor skills.

This bottle cap jewelry project is a fun way to add personal style to your pre-teen's wardrobe without breaking the bank or battling mall crowds.

Make physical activity fun with this 4th-5th grade fitness game that's a twist on classic Tic-Tac-Toe.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.