1st - 4th Grade Activities : Page 59

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

Which music genres have the fastest tempos? The slowest? This experiment determines if there's a relationship between beats per minute in a song and its genre.

Whether you love the sweet candy kernels or not, the vibrant colors of candy corn make them perfect for your child and his artistic talents.

Help your third grader create a Venn diagram fantasy creature by combining two different creatures to create a fantasy creature based on their similarities.

Playing the Number Sentence Game with your child gives him the opportunity to practice ordering and comparing numbers using symbols.

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

Get in the 4th of July spirit by whipping up a batch of frosty snow cones, sweetened with syrup in a patriotic palette.

These potato yogurt cupcakes are a healthy and delicious treat to be shared during the special Jewish holiday of Passover.

Greeting cards are nice, but after they've been opened most cards soon end up in the trash. This year, make Dad a Father's Day card he'll treasure forever.

These sparkling earrings look fancy but they're super simple to make using inexpensive craft items.

Challenge your third grader and a few friends to teamwork and laughs with these boisterous indoor Christmas games.

Challenge your child to an exciting race across the pool and engage them in a game of Cruise Ship. Grab some plastic figures, hop in the pool, and you're set.

Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.

Mobiles make fun art projects for creative kids. Help your child bend simple pipe cleaners into bug shapes as diverse as the creepy crawlies that inspired them.

Help your kid organize her collection of earrings and other accessories with a fun embroidery craft!

Tap into your Irish roots by making an adorable leprechaun hat vase for St. Patrick's Day in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.

Try this fun math card game with your third grader to practice division, addition, and problem solving!

Shrimp are dredged in sweet rice flour and shredded coconut and baked till they're crisp and golden.

This lucky cake makes the perfect hideout for leprechaun treasure.

Kids get to play mad scientist in this wacky drawing game that's a great way to help kids to mellow out after the high-energy antics of recess.

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

Help your kid celebrate Valentine's Day and keep up with her homework with this butterfly pencil craft!

Make this Easter egg craft that works as both a fun necklace or a decorative garland to welcome warm weather and spring sunshine.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

You and your child will have a blast baking this wonderful spin on a childhood classic, PB n' J cookies. Easy to make, and even easier to enjoy!

Instead of heading to the craft store, take a step back in time and restock your art supply with this easy recipe for homemade ink.

Make Valentine's Day breakfast special with this 'hearty' egg and toast recipe. This Valentine's Day breakfast gets a special twist with a heart-shaped egg.