2nd Grade Activities : Page 5

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Science fair project which determines whether the size or the thickness of a piece of paper has an effect on how many times it can be folded in half.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Create a world of bugs with your kid! This variation on finger painting is a great project to create after a trip to the zoo or while learning about science.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

Create equations in this strategic math card game. Your second or third grader can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in a new way!

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Science fair project that examines condensation and the conditions needed in order for dew to form.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Give your child some practice with even numbers, while creating a cute Christmas keepsake. Create this skip counting book.

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

In this activity, your student will be invited to build a chair out of building blocks that is designed to meet the specific size and shape of a small doll or toy figure.

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Review fractions with your budding mathematician when you play this fun, educational math board game.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.