1st - 3rd Grade Activities : Page 27

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

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

Help your child learn about the world through this 3rd-4th grade geography activity: start a postcard collection and mark where they came from on a world map.

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

These DIY coasters are an easy-peasy, activity for small hands to manage, and a good way to get ready for summer, when cold drinks abound.

This simple Veterans Day craft is a great way to have your kid work on her drawing skills and put her vocabulary to the test too!

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Brighten up everyone's day with this circular rainbow plate perfect for celebrating spring or St. Patrick's Day.

Build a 3d animal cell model with this cool science fair project, which helps kids visualize and understand the function of a cell's parts and organelles.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Yarn ornaments are a beautiful and crafty way to celebrate the holidays. Make a set of yarn ornaments with your child, then hang them on your Christmas tree.

What keeps a an item cooler, polymer crystals or ice? Find out in this cool science experiment!

In this activity, your child will learn about how focusing on positive feelings, like love and peace, helps these feelings grow. They will also decorate pots and plant seeds as a reminder of this.

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Play this fun basketball game to help your third grader master their multiplication tables.

Making gift bags for a Halloween party or tricker-treaters is a great way for your child to learn a bit about geometry and origami!

This shamrock wreath will allow your child to practice tracing and layering shapes and is the perfect way to get everyone in the mood for St. Patrick's Day.

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

Beach bags don't have to be bought...make your own beach bag out of recycled materials in this summer craft.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

Help your first grader emboss his own design reminiscent of Middle Ages metalwork. Using foil and a wooden stylus, he'll create pretty springtime flower images.

This activity is a great starting point for practicing mental math because it is quick, easy and involves only simple addition facts.

Celebrate all your wonderful tongue taste buds with a giant paper tongue project -- you'll even get to decorate it with actual pieces of candy!

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

Not only a fun way to practice sewing, felt cupcakes make great gifts, party decorations, and doll accessories once theyâre finished

Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.

Make vibrant faux stained glass art inspired by the art of Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter who explored repeating shapes using the primary colors.