Games and Activities
Looking for activities to show your child the fun side of learning? From science experiments and math games to writing projects and more, we've got you covered! Use the selector on the right to browse around, or narrow your search by grade and subject area.
First graders will get a kick out of creating a written message and practicing their letters using sticks they find in nature. This also helps to practice their letter formation and handwriting strokes.
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Understanding Headers and Subheaders
Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's a great way to practice this reading comprehension skill with your child at home.
Twenty Questions: The Fact or Fiction Edition
Start a dialogue with your child to help her learn the difference between fact and opinion. One way to get the ball rolling is to play a version of "Twenty Questions."
Story Charting with Venn Diagrams
Visual tools, like Venn diagrams, help us organize information in multiple stories, in order to analyze them against each other. When your child is comparing and contrasting stories, they are essentially being asked to compare different elements of the stories.
Make Spelling Tests Fun!
The trick to success on the weekly spelling test? Don't wait until Thursday night! Here's a break down of activities to help your child with his word list throughout the week.
Make a Writing Space
Improving your second grader's writing skills is a big job that must be accomplished both in school and at home. But, if broken down into smaller periods of time, writing practice doesn't have to be painful.
Go Fishing for Vowels!
This fun game will help your child learn words with r-controlled vowels and is also a great memory exercise.
Circumference, Radius, Diameter, Oh My!
Here's a quick, kid-friendly intro to some geometry terms, and a fail-safe way to calculate circumference, no matter what!
Teacher For a Day
Here's a fun activity that will have your child teaching you for once, while you find out exactly what she is learning in school.
Make a Dialogue Journal!
Want to put the fun back into writing? This journal is a back and forth project you do together. It models good writing, plus helps kids learn to get their true thoughts down on paper. Tag, you're it!
Make Your Own Paper
You can easily make your own paper with a few kitchen and hardware-store materials. Since this project uses old newspapers, your papermaking is actually paper recycling!
