Fourth Grade Activities
Browse through our fourth grade activities, or use the selector below to pick a subject. You'll find many fourth grade activities to keep your child learning on the fly, all year long. From fun holiday activities to subject specific ones there are many 4th grade activities to choose from.
Map Your Food
Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.
Make Kool-Aid Tie Dye
Kool-Aid isn't just for drinking! Experiment with color and design, with a tie-dye project using Kool-Aid, vinegar, and other items straight from your pantry.
Make a Rice Paper Lantern
Lanterns have been used in Japan and China for hundreds of years. Many people hang lanterns outside their doorways for luck, or carry lanterns in festivals and parades to celebrate. Here's an activity that can let your child bring the warmth and light of these lanterns into your home.
Hand-Cast Paper Holiday Ornaments
Beautiful hand-cast paper ornaments may look as delicate as newly fallen snow, but they're actually quite sturdy -- and fun for kids to make!
Create a Secret Storage Book!
What child doesn't love to have a secret hiding place? And what better hiding place than an old book? Here's a fun activity that has you and your child creating a book with a secret hollow!
Make a Hovercraft!
Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft. A hovercraft is a vehicle that travels on a layer of compressed air just above any kind of land or water surface.
How Long is Your Shadow on the Shortest Day?
Many people think of the first day of spring or the first day of school as a new beginning, but the winter solstice is a new beginning too. Explore the peak of winter!
Shake Your Shekere
Using an empty plastic bottle, your child can create a newfangled version of this African percussion instrument.
Make a Sand Clock
An hour glass, sometimes called a sand glass or a sand clock, keeps time. In this activity, your child will make her own sand clock, and learn to measure the time it keeps.
Weave a Valentine Heart Card
Using low-tech supplies and a little extra ingenuity, you can help your child create a unique, heartfelt card that says a very special "I love you."
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