1st - 5th Grade Activities : Page 111

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

Your first grader will love showcasing his favorite pieces of art with his very own personalized magnets created from old bottle caps!

Got a whistful wisher on your hands? Help her make her very own magic wand! The result is a creative craft that's great for pretend play.

Ready for a game that's mostly about strategy with a little luck thrown in for good measure? Make math fact practice exciting and start rolling the dice!

Make a phonics paper egg to help your child build up his reading and writing skills.

In this lesson, your child will reflect on, draw, and collect things that make them feel happy and peaceful.

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

Not only is homemade wrapping paper pretty, but by experimenting with decorative tools, kids are also doing science, art, and small-motor muscle building.

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

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

This experiment tests which gender is better at catching how a magician performs his tricks.

This colorful caterpillar attaches itself to pencil holders and guards your school supplies!

Inspired by colorful African drums and crafted from recyclable materials, these pencil holders will make a bold and charming addition to any desk set.

Your fourth-grader can hone her baking skills with this classic American recipe the whole family will enjoy!

Get your first grader to help you with scrapbooking by showing him how to use multiple envelopes to create an accordion-style photo book.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

Let your fifth grader get in touch with this inner chef by making these delicious no-bake nanaimo bars--named after a city in Canada.

Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!

Add an ancient protective tool to your child's dress-up chest: the Viking shield!

What is a compound microscope? Kids find out by making one of their own in this cool science fair project.

In this experiment, young ecologists will learn about a type of edge effect: how trees and plants at the edge of a forest can act as a weed filter.

This creamy peanut butter fudge is a great first recipe to get your first or second grader involved with because it doesn't involve any time in the oven!

Here's a sweet holiday recipe to make with your fifth grader: bake scrumptious sugar-dusted chocolate snowballs! Serve them at your next Christmas party.

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

How goofy can your first grader get? Show her how to use balloons and yarn to craft a collection of silly faces!

Pop up a pup tent, just like Civil War soldiers did on the battlefield.

This zombie cake will give your Halloween enthusiast an excuse to lurch and limp around the kitchen. Share this zombie cake with friends and the undead.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

Could your child’s room use a little bit more firecracker sparkle? Add an explosion of glow-in-the-dark color with this spectacular mason jar craft.

Calaveras means "skulls" in Spanish, and in Mexico, skulls are brightly decorated to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.