Elementary School Activities : Page 61

Make a brilliant bouquet for dad on his special day. This Father's Day craft unique flowers that remind dad of his favorite sports team.

Toss playing cards into boxes while you practice addition and multiplication with decimals in this fun, fifth grade math game.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Help your child visualize their goals for the new year by creating a self-portrait that represents all of the amazing things they have done and hope to do.

This science fair project idea determines the probability of a coin landing heads or tails.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

Here's a fun activity that will allow your child to express himself by making a flag of his own design, then writing an accompanying story.

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

Here's a simple math activity that has your child using her basic addition facts to solve a secret code.

Here's a math game for your preschooler or kindergartener that'll make number recognition as easy as a pizza pie!

Your child can make a sweet and savory spinach strawberry salad; two ingredients that come together for a light and fresh summer dish!

This Thanksgiving table runner craft isn't just fun and festive, it also helps your child build muscles for hand strength, fine motor skills, and handwriting.

Pretty fluttery feather earrings add a light touch to any outfit. Your child will float on air knowing she made the earrings herself.

Does skin thickness really decrease fruit spoilage? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

Kids will learn about insulation, heat conduction, and the economic benefits of energy efficient windows in this cool science fair project.

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

Your child can create a trendy, retro felt flower pin that will remind her of the natural beauty of flowers in full bloom no matter what time of year it is!

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!

You've heard the expression "burn rubber" but do you know how heat affects rubber? Examine the impact of temperature on rubber in this fun science experiment.

What is persistence of vision? With this hands-on science fair project idea, students will demonstrate this cool and dramatic phenomenon in their own classroom.

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

This biodiversity project examines the biodiversity in your own backyard.

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

Hone your child's skills of observation and take a look at forensic science for an interesting afternoon of exploration and detective work!

Based on the popular "I Spy" game, this activity lets your kid practice important skills like number identification and place value.

Have a young architect or designer on your hands? Here's an easy activity for him to learn the basics of landscape and architecture while having fun!