2nd Grade Activities

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Looking for games and activities to keep your child busy? Second grade is all about real world applications - from math activities that teach about money, to games that develop reading comprehension, we've got fresh ideas to keep learning going long after the school bell rings.

More activities for second grade:

Plan Stories with The Five-Finger Technique

Plan Stories with The Five-Finger Technique

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for early compositions.

Go Fishing for Vowels!

Go Fishing for Vowels!

This fun game will help your child learn words with r-controlled vowels and is also a great memory exercise.

Minute Math: How to Estimate Time

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!

Make a Dialogue Journal!

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!

Menu Math

Menu Math

Got a stack of take-out menus sitting in a drawer in your kitchen? Pull them out for this game of "restaurant" which will reinforce real-world applications of counting and using money.

Understanding Headers and Subheaders

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.

Money Sense: Count Mixed Change

Money Sense: Count Mixed Change

Here's an entertaining and educational activity designed to introduce your child to the various characters in your change purse--the penny, the nickel, the dime, and the quarter--and learn how to count them all up.

Reflect on Sight Words

Reflect on Sight Words

Need to find a way to practice sight words without boring your child silly? Try putting the sight words in your child's line of sight!

Make Spelling Tests Fun!

Make Spelling Tests Fun!

The trick to success on the weekly spelling test? Don't wait until Thursday night! Here's a breakdown of activities to help your child with his word list throughout the week.

Twenty Questions: The Fact or Fiction Edition

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."


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