1st - 5th Grade Activities : Page 87

Create tasty and healthy bruschetta the whole family will love and get your child in the kitchen involved in making the food they eat!

At your next Valentine's Day celebration, your fifth grader can show family and friends she loves them with some fresh, fruity drinks--made from scratch!

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

Get ready to make a dollar...using playing cards! The first player to accumulate the amount of points equal to a dollar wins.

Your mom works hard, and a homemade present is the perfect way to show how much you appreciate her.

Tu B'Shevat is a Jewish holiday during which the "new year" for trees is celebrated. In this activity your child will paint a pot to grow his own plant.

Get active at home by pretending to be different animals! Use this fun and engaging activity to move your body, get silly, and practice gross motor skills.

This fall-themed missing letter activity is a great way to help your child learn the alphabet, build their vocabulary and bolster letter recognition skills.

Your child will come to better understand symmetry as he create this dramatic black bat mask. It's sure to lend a dark touch to any Halloween costume.

Introduce your kid to cooking basics as you make shepherd's pie: a traditional Irish dish thanks to the trusty potato!

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!

Help your second grader embrace his "green" side by recycling empty citrus peels into fruity ice cream bowls!

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

Make these muffin cup spiders from simple baking supplies to surprise your guests and make them jump!

Gourd painting is a fun fall activity that makes for perfect Thanksgiving decorations. Try gourd painting with your child for some seasonal fun this autumn.

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Invite your second grader to help you measure and mix these fresh, cool concoctions!

Create your own jigsaw puzzle using a blown-up family photo, and reconstruct the image as many times as you like. Here's how kids can make this gift.

Bake domino cookies and spark your child's interest in traditional games. This baking activity is great for 5th-6th grade children.

Delight your second grader (and his best friend!) by showing him how to make a friendship collage jar project for someone special this holiday season.

This project examines whether playing music during class helps students learn or if it distracts students from learning.

Introduce decimals and place value with this fun math card game for fourth grade students.

Spice up your Easter routine this year by making these stunningly sparkly eggs with your third grader. This is a great activity to do to celebrate the holiday.

In this activity, your child will use two powerful questions to investigate a thought and the truth behind it. They will write and perform a skit using mindfulness and these important questions.

Your child's painted handprint helps create a lucky bearded leprechaun to bring a smile to everyone celebrating St. Patrick's Day!

Help your fourth grader affirm her place in the family and in the march of recent history with this family album project.

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

Stay active over summer vacation with this fun take on the old favorite Red Rover!

If you love the look of yarn but aren't in the mood for complicated knitting or crocheting, have your child create simple and beautiful yarn letters.

Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.