1st and 2nd Grade Activities : Page 20

In this activity, your child will learn and teach someone else five finger breathing, and they will also draw a picture of their experience.

Test your friends to find out if you can replicate the placebo effect's incredible results.

In this fun science experiment, kids will determine the best method for ripening avocados and discover the cool chemical reaction that makes this possible.

Invite children to create a Fourth of July centerpiece with this simple craft activity!

This construction paper activity helps your child to assemble a variety of emotions on a face so she can recognize how she and everyone around her is feeling.

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

Help your child craft a magnetic menorah that they can safely "light" themselves!

Your child can use watercolors to paint butterflise and to practice the "wet into wet" technique, an important step in art.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

It's easy to be a master Italian chef with this target practice game played with a pizza board constructed out of felt and Velcro bean bag "toppings."

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.

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

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

Even your first grader can get involved in the lighting of the Kwanzaa Kinara with this clever flameless Kinara project!

No matter the occasion, this flag craft is the perfect way for you child to proudly display her love of the red, white and blue!

Transform a simple menu into a work of art! Let your child unleash her inner artist on tonight's menu for a beautiful display that the whole family can enjoy.

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

Pureed ripe peaches, vanilla yogurt, agave nectar, and juicy chunks of peach come together to form a refreshing pop that hits the spot on a hot summer day.

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

Use your handprints to create a Halloween spider in this fun arts-and-crafts activity!

Help your child get ready for back to school with this fun fifth grade activity, which has him creating an "I'm Studying" door sign.

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

In this activity, your second grader will design her very own heart map to show what she's really made of.

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

Use this fun math board game to improve your first grader's confidence with addition facts.

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

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.