Fourth Grade Social Studies Activities
Fourth Grade Social Studies activities to help show your child the fun side of learning! From easy fourth grade social studies activities to more advanced, we've got you covered! Browse the activities below or use the selector to find similar activities.
String a Patterned Necklace
Have your child try her hand at creating a colorful, beaded necklace in true tribal style.
Make a Bullroarer
Combine music, history and craft by making a Native American instrument of your own.
Build a Dream Vacation Box
Kids build a decorated box and fill it with research that can help get them to their dream location someday!
Play a Geography Car Game
Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.
Make Cave Paintings
Using butcher paper, ink and charcoal, your child will explore ancient motifs such as buffalo, bison and hunters, creating their very own cave painting.
Sew a Colorful Amish Potholder
The careful measurements and piecing of quilting happen to provide outstanding practice in spatial reasoning and early geometry. Quilting is also a great way to connect with the past hands-on. Help fourth graders stitch all these ideas together by letting them quilt something of their own!
Craft a Japanese Scroll
Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own Japanese-style calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like artists and Zen masters of old!
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.
Test Your Geography Skills with a Dr. Seuss-Inspired Balloon Game
Kids can take turns helping a balloon stay up, up, up in the air while imagining all the places they'll go in this energetic geography game inspired by Dr. Seuss.
Map Out a Road Trip!
In fourth grade, kids are learning important new skills in geography, social studies and math--and your family trip can be a fabulous time to reinforce them.
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