1st and 2nd Grade Activities

This homemade pom-pom garland requires very few materials and instantly brightens up a room with Easter-themed pastels.

Capture your beach memories—not with a photograph, but with a beach mosaic made from that classic beach souvenir, the shell.

Help your child channel his inner wizard with this crafty activity perfect for imaginative youngsters.

Transform an old chair into a chalkboard canvas! This painting activity is a useful and creative way to add some quirky charm to your existing furniture.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.

The power of gratitude is endless! Research shows that cultivating a gratitude practice can gratitude strengthen relationships, improve physical and emotional well-being, deepen empathy skills, and improve self-esteem. With such wide-spread benefits, how

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Ringing a quiet bell is also a great way to support focus and bring kids into the present moment so they can be aware of what they are experiencing inside.

This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Make a mood meter with your child to help them recognize and share their feelings.

This hands-on activity gets first grade kids brainstorming about what needs change in the world, and how they can help.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will play a mindful listening game and create a video or skit that teaches others about mindful listening.

Invite your child to craft dream cloud magnets to display their hopes and visions for the future!

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will hear the story Zoo Zen: A Yoga Story for Kids, learn the benefits of yoga, and create their own yoga sequence to teach someone else.

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

Help your second grader celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this rainbow table mat.

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.