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.
Craft Colombian Line Drawings
Craft like the Colombians did in ancient times and make these line drawings out of twine, rope, or yarn.
Hop Those Spelling Words!
Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.
Make a Table Runner to Practice Social Studies!
This activity mixes three delicious ingredients: paint, big paper, and family. Plus, you can help your second grader reinforce an important social studies skill: judging things in context of their place and time.
Yee Haw! Cowboy and Cowgirl Puppets
Everyone needs their very own cowboy or cowgirl puppet for creating playtime at the rodeo! Your child can create his own with this fun activity.
Go Fishing for Vowels!
This fun game will help your child learn words with r-controlled vowels and is also a great memory exercise.
Create a Recyclable Creature
Want a fun activity that combines recycled materials, creativity, and even a little writing practice? Help your kids build a recycled eco-creature.
How Windy Is It? A Weather Science Experiment
How do we measure wind? For nearly two centuries, people have referred to a scale that was pioneered by a British admiral named Sir Francis Beaufort. Help your second grade scientist use the Beaufort scale to explore wind speed right around home.
Count 'N Catch: A Skip Counting Game
Encourage your child to practice skip counting by transforming number patterns with this fun and interactive game of catch. It will get your child moving and learning, ball in hand!
Minute Math: How to Estimate Time
This fun game helps children learn to estimate the most basic unit of time--a minute--without a clock. Instead, they will use repeated activities that each last a 60 seconds to truly understand what can fit into a minute!
Play the Measuring Game
A deck of playing cards will determine your ant's pace in this measurement game! Draw a card to see what number you will use. Measure that amount of centimeters on your game board. Try to reach all of the locations on your board before the other "ants," and you'll win!
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