Elementary School Activities : Page 44

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

Turn yourself into a personalized paper doll, along with a collection of your favorite outfits.

This game will help your child write with more attention to detail.

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Need an outdoor activity for your next party or family gathering? Try this wacky group relay game that's fun for adults and kids alike.

In this experiment, students will discover how heat and pressure turn clay into slate, phyllite, and finally schist.

This fun calculator exercise will take the mystery away from the machine, and familiarize your child with the functions of a calculator.

Gather your child's old artwork together into a bookmark, a perfect gift to retain these memories long after kindergarten is over.

In this activity, work with your child to build a chain of strengths, highlighting their individual strengths and unique abilities.

Making these one-of-a-kind mug markers will help your child flex his creativity and gain button-sewing practice.

Get inspired by the great outdoors and help your child make a quirky jewelry tree out of chopsticks!

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Give your fourth grader a lesson in making blankets, and he'll be able to give the gift of warmth. Fleece blankets are especially fun to make, and they're cozy!

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

This fun art project is a great way to introduce your child to some basic geometry.

Forget mass-produced, store bought holiday ornaments. Your fifth grader can usher in the holidays by making his own homemade marbled Christmas balls!

It's easy to turn old magazines into a fast-and-furious finding game that's both fun and educational for kids.

This science project challenges students to learn about and classify weeds and discover new practical uses for weeds.

Here's a fun, geometric puzzle activity that will capture your child's interest and strengthen his number awareness and graphing skills.

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

Introduce your kid to cooking basics as you make shepherd's pie: a traditional Irish dish thanks to the trusty potato!

Create a tornado vortex in your kitchen in this 5th grade science experiment. All you need are two plastic bottles, duct tape, and a metal washer to begin.

Get ready to make a dollar...using playing cards! The first player to accumulate the amount of points equal to a dollar wins.

Show your fifth grader how to create a vivid and colorful, Picasso-inspired, 3-D mask.

Teach a lesson in the math and art with the concept of symmetry, while making a delightful cut-paper shadow pumpkin for Halloween!

This winter world craft will introduce your kid to pointillism, a technique in which dots are used to create a recognizable image.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

Here's a salt dough recipe that can be used to make ghostly character sticks for fun Halloween decor.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.