Second Grade Activities
Browse through our second grade activities, or use the selector below to pick a subject. You'll find many second grade activities to keep your child learning on the fly, all year long. From fun holiday activities to subject specific ones there are many 2nd grade activities to choose from.
Can You Picture It?: A Writing Activity
Comparing the process of writing to drawing a picture can help kids understand the importance of using detail and description in their story. This activity will help your child "see" how to improve stories.
Send Dad "Fishing" for Compliments!
Whether or not Dad's a big fisherman, one thing's for sure: every Dad deserves compliments on his special day. Here's a family activity guaranteeing a bountiful "catch".
Customize Your Very Own Clock!
Give the gift of time to a parent who needs it by helping your child to customize her very own clock!
Ojo de Dios
In this activity, give your child some insight into another culture with this craft activity: create an ojo de Dios (eye of God), a representation of the yarn weaving done by the Huichol population of northwest Mexico.
Build a Terrarium
Here's a great idea for recycling those 2-liter soda bottles. Create a mini plant habitat with your kids and learn what it takes to make an ecosystem work.
Make a Number Game
This game provides your child with the opportunity to create, write, and read numbers. He'll be using all of these skills in the middle grades, when he uses numbers, decimals, fractions, and percents to describe operations.
Make an Apple Head Doll
Learn about dehydration with a wonderful craft project that you can do together, and enjoy this unique doll for years to come!
Make Easy Clay Pinch Pots
This simple and fun project introduces kids to the art of pottery and offers them a glimpse into how ancient peoples created the very first Neolithic pottery.
Make Frozen Chocolate-Dipped Bananas
On a hot summer night, trade the butterfat and sugar of ice cream for the sublime sweetness of a frozen chocolate-dipped banana.
Decision Maker
Decide to play this game, and you won't regret it! You can practice addition, subtraction, or multiplication using just a deck of cards. Decision Maker combines mathematical skill with an element of chance that will keep players on their toes.
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