Activities : Page 132

Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

Get in the Halloween spirit with these simple, silly bat decorations!

Race to create an equation in this game will help your child and his opponents get creative with addition, subtraction and multiplication.

Research different measurement systems, design your own new or improved system that can measure something difficult to measure with traditional systems.

A St. Patrick's Day staple, corned beef and cabbage is a delicious way to celebrate the holiday and introduce your fourth grader to the kitchen.

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

Let little unsteady fingers practice their coordination with this preschool painting activity. Your kid develops his hand-eye coordination while making art.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

These Halloween drink ideas will get you ready to set up a spooky beverage bar. These kid-friendly Halloween drink ideas are perfect for a spooky party.

Make a periscope with milk cartons and mirrors! This preschool activity is great for playing secret agent and learning simple physics.

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!

Explore joule heating and resistance vs. temperature with this cool electricity science fair project that gets kids melting ice cubes with resistors.

Help your child master shape recognition by creating some funky topiary trees.

Let your child create a fun and easy locker blackboard out of an old cereal box!

This project will examine the relationship between wind velocity and direction and the distance a baseball travels.

Practicing letters and words by writing them out is all well and good, but spelling out your practice words with old puzzle pieces is a lot more fun!

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

Even if sweet potatoes aren't your kid's favorite, try topping them with fluffy marshmallows -- it will be tough to find a child who can resist!

In this activity, students will create a peace treaty as a class and come up with guidelines for how they will manage conflict.

Have your child imitate the masters or create her own work of art with a bar of soap!

Help your preschooler to create this artful reminder of home for the first days of school. Using family photos your child can collage a memento of home.

Research basic components of vacuum cleaners, consult vacuum cleaner manufacturers for advice. Design vacuum with attachments that change automatically.

Race to double numbers in this competitive card game. Try one-digit or two-digit numbers, or more!

Show off your team spirit by creating a festive baseball pennant for your favorite team.

Help your preschooler grasp the concept of ordering and sequence while teaching him valuable vocabulary with simple activities around the house.

Did you know a mouse eats almost fifty times as much as a cow? Find out how and test out the strange science with your friends!