Elementary School Activities : Page 113

Confetti wands add some colorful cheer to your New Year's Eve celebration. Wave these confetti wands at midnight and watch the colors fly.

Make this star-spangled greeting for the door to make all your guests feel welcome for the next patriotic holiday.

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

In this activity, your child will learn about how focusing on positive feelings, like love and peace, helps these feelings grow. They will also decorate pots and plant seeds as a reminder of this.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

In this activity, your child will practice taking on the perspective of others and will generate ideas for conflict resolution at home.

Teach your child how to accessorize the environmental way!

Teach your little one to appreciate all the best things in life with a keepsake Thanksgiving plate.

Put your individual fingerprint on the 100th Day of School (literally!) with this activity.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

Cultivating resilience is one of the most important ways we can overcome challenges and reach our goals. In this activity, children will explore the concept of resilience and then create a video to explain and teach resilience to others.

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

Celebrate Mother's Day with this easy, attractive pop-up flower card.

Not sure what to do with all of those leftover boxes from holiday gifts? Tap into your crafty side by creating an adorable snow person with your child. This activity is sure to bring smiles to those who pass your yard or come into your home all season lon

Your mom works hard, and a homemade present is the perfect way to show how much you appreciate her.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

In this simple math activity, your young learner will compare two types of Valentine's Day candy using a Venn diagram.

Teach your kindergartener a little about Mexican culture by giving him a festive, no-cook lesson in how to make "aguas frescas," or seasonal fruit drinks.

Tackle both boredom and mathematics with this inventive arts and craft project!

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

In this social emotional learning activity, you will help your child practice mindfulness of emotions, guiding them to create a word search to understand and explain feeling words.

Help your kindergartener learn to manage a telephone with this homemade keyboard that also helps kids practice letters and numbers.

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

Craft a winter words alphabet book to celebrate this chilly season in this preschool-kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

This super fun science project, perfect for young children, combines crafts, dressing up as animals, outdoor play, and life science learning.

Let your curious kindergartener experiment with this tasty combo as you sneak a little compare and contrasting practice into the mix

Teach your child the colors of the rainbow while creating an impressive treat that will brighten up the whole kitchen.

Kids of all ages will delight in making these jumbo "cupcake" crayons from all of the broken crayon stubs that seem to pile up around the house.

Create a special gift for Mother's or Father's Day using felt, cardstock and buttons to create a memorable frame in the shape of a heart.