2nd Grade Activities
Looking for games and activities to keep your child busy? Second grade is all about real world applications - from math activities that teach about money, to games that develop reading comprehension, we've got fresh ideas to keep learning going long after the school bell rings.
Trace Your Ancestors' Routes Around the Globe
In second grade, your child will need to differentiate between things that happened long ago and things that happened yesterday. This family history activity will also help her develop map skills and practice describing locations of people, places, and environments!
Fitness is a Cake Walk
Keep your child healthy and active by introducing fitness games into her daily routine. A cross between a cake walk and musical chairs, this energetic game makes exercise fun.
3D Tic-Tac-Toe Toss
Here's a 3D rendition of the classic game of Tic-Tac-Toe that involves tossing and aiming bean bags to mark each player's square of choice. This entertaining game will improve your child's coordination and strategic thinking.
Make Hosiery Heads
Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own "pet." In return, gardening basics, responsibility, and creativity will be grown in your child.
Create a CD Spaceship
The possibility of another life form visiting Earth is something most every child has pondered, or at least seen on TV. Your child will delight in creating her very own flying saucer from an old CD, rubber ball, tin foil, and toothpicks.
Turn a Baby Food Jar Into a Pretty Votive!
This is a terrific way to recycle those baby food jars! Have your child decorate the outside of a baby food jar with glue and tissue paper or paint. Come up with creative ideas together, and make them as gifts to give away or special treasures for the home.
Learn Fraction Basics
Fractions can be intimidating and difficult to understand. Incorporate the use of fractions into familiar situations such as cooking and meals to make the concept easier for your child to grasp.
Create a Science Lab In Your Home!
Kids are natural scientists. Any scientist, they'll agree, should have her own laboratory! This space will give your child a nice place to work and will give you an easy place to store her experiments and activities.
Create Wholesome Snowflake Snacks!
Cut and decorate these wholesome Snow White Snowflakes from tortillas to make your child's school lunch more memorable!
Take the Boredom Out of the Back Seat!
Thinking about taking a road trip? Here are some simple ways to pass the time that you and your child can do together.
