Elementary School Activities : Page 40

Take some inspiration from the past and create some wood block prints with your fourth grader.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

Encourage your third-grader to create a reverse glass painting. This will help him learn art concepts and improve his critical thinking skills.

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

This science fair project idea explores whether the process used to dry the beans we eat for food renders them unviable.

This art exercise is great way to help kids learn how to see just like a professional painter, while experimenting and having fun with monochromatic color!

By taking math on a shopping trip your child will be practicing rounding, estimation and addition with a with a hands-on method.

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

Have the kids make Mom a wooden "Love Box" for Mother's Day (or any other day!) to show her how much she means to everyone.

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

Does a paper clip float? Does a sponge sink? Let your child find out! This experiment is simple science fun.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

Learn about savanna flora and fauna in this science project! Take a look at characteristics of tropical grassland plants and animals that help them survive.

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

Craft a sparkling magic wand and let your child pretend she's a fairy, wizard, or magician!

Let your child's imagination run wild with this creative third grade arts and crafts activity: make a fanciful costume out of a cardboard box.

Help your first grader, second grader, or third grader boost his addition skills and math vocabulary with this fun summer game Ice Cream Addition!

This science fair project idea investigates the difference in reaction times between boys and girls.

Let the world be your canvas by transforming an ordinary household window into a snowy holiday scene.

Create a special Father’s Day surprise by planning and mapping a hike around the neighborhood!

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

Help your second grader embrace his "green" side by recycling empty citrus peels into fruity ice cream bowls!

Help your second grader craft some lovely, personalized Valentine's Day cards--out of kitchen materials!

Looking for way to help Japan? Start by making paper cranes! Learn how you and your child can show your support for Japan through the art of origami.

Help your child make her very own clock with a recycled, thrift store find to give as a gift or keep for yourself!

In this painting and drawing project, not only will stars shine in the evening sky over the skyscrapers, they will also create a waterfront reflection.

Help your kindergarten scientist discover relative size, density, and buoyancy with this fun, pumpkin science project!

Here's a fun math-oriented arts and crafts activity for your preschool or kindergarten child: create a gumdrop topiary and practice counting along the way.