1st - 3rd Grade Activities : Page 2

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

In this activity, your child will design their own Best Self Journal to reflect on ways they have been their best each day.

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

This science fair project investigates whether tapping the top or the side of the can will stop a vigorously-shaken can of soda from exploding.

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.

This science fair project idea investigates how color affects temperature.

Kids will explore the corrosiveness of soda in this cool science fair project by leaving pennies submerged in soda overnight.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Did you know your body is full of simple machines? This project looks at one of the third-class levers in the human body: your arm!

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

This crafty activity will help your child develop an understanding of important math concepts like patterning and spatial awareness.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Layer images and handprint owls to create a Halloween painting!

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

In this fun science project your child will get practice following directions and getting messy as they learn all about slime!

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

Kids will learn some cool stuff about chemical reactions by determining what happens when you mix different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and yeast.

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.