1st - 5th Grade Activities : Page 19

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

This adorable activity is a great way to share the Gingerbread Man story with your kid while she practices assemblage.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Turn a boring lunch bag into a personalized suburban house. Your child will look forward to his lunch when he has the coolest bag house on the block!

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Kids will learn how to make a steam powered rocket boat, also called a putt putt boat or a pop pop boat, in this great science fair project for 4th graders.

This simple and fun project introduces kids to the art of pottery and offers them a glimpse into how ancient peoples created the very first Neolithic pottery.

This fun Christmas craft recycles paper bags to create personalized stockings by your kids to enjoy during the holidays.

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

Having some dancing skeletons hanging around the house is great way to prepare for All Hallows' Eve. This is a great activity for honing fine motor skills.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

In this activity, your child will have an opportunity to discuss what they like about themselves, and they will design a digital or physical poster that displays their talents, what they like, and images that describe themselves.

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

This prime number game is the perfect way to get to know prime numbers. Deal the cards and flip them over. When players a prime number they call out, "Prime!"

This project investigates the affect of storage temperature on microwave popcorn.

Why not change things up a bit with this fun way of making those loop-hole bunny ears that sit at the top of his sneakers.

Try a fun Mother's Day game for moms and kids to play together!

This marshmallow snowman craft is a festive way for your child to practice counting and art. Make a marshmallow snowman with your child this holiday season.

Teach your child some scientific basics as you explore the densities of various liquids in this fun experiment.

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Using an empty plastic bottle, your child can create a newfangled version of this African percussion instrument.

Confetti wands add some colorful cheer to your New Year's Eve celebration. Wave these confetti wands at midnight and watch the colors fly.

In this activity, learners will discover how to make a basic water filtration system using common materials found around the house or outside.

Kids will learn how to measure the viscosity of liquids by making their own homemade viscometer in this great science fair project idea.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

Introduce your youngster to this Japanese version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

Playing a tactile game with multiplication will help your child get a better grasp of basic math concepts and transform your kid into a master multiplier.

This science fair project idea examines which type of insulation holds in the most heat.

Make physical activity fun with this 4th-5th grade fitness game that's a twist on classic Tic-Tac-Toe.