1st and 2nd Grade Activities : Page 16

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Create a world of bugs with your kid! This variation on finger painting is a great project to create after a trip to the zoo or while learning about science.

Help your child get the hang of reading with this fun activity. Here's how to make a spinning phonics wheel out of two paper plates.

Learn about nature while creating a nest for baby chicks with this project that is a fun way to explore how to layer shapes and create texture.

Get fired up for the new school year with a "Back-to-School Calendar" you and your child can make at home.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

Science fair project that examines the behavior of water and gravel in creek beds and the formation of sedimentary rocks.

Spark your childâs interest in epic fantasy tales with this ferocious dragon craft.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Your child will need to combine his sporty hand-eye coordination skills with his math skills to become the bullseye king.

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

Why not change things up a bit with this fun way of making those loop-hole bunny ears that sit at the top of his sneakers.

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Make sure your child is prepared for Halloween by having him create a stamp-printing that says: "Trick or treat? Smell my feet!"

In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.

Create a sun-shaped summer words chart in this DIY craft activity!

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Inspired by the children's book, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, this card brings the spunky spider Charlotte to life!

The Math Monster will save your second grader from repetitive math flashcards. Guessing mystery math facts is a fun way for him to polish arithmetic skills!

Looking for a cool game to help your first grader learn her 11s? Look no further than this clever one-person card game.

The next time you're trapped indoors on a dreary day, try this take on dodgeball. All you need are a group of kids, an open area and a soft, spongy ball.

Kids can jazz up their checker sets by transforming boring round checker pieces into baby chicks and eggs in this 1st grade arts and crafts activity.

This chocolate gelt is the perfect Hanukkah treat. Chocolate gelt is used as a gift for children or in the classic Hanukkah game of Dreidel.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Turn a boring lunch bag into a personalized suburban house. Your child will look forward to his lunch when he has the coolest bag house on the block!