1st - 7th Grade Activities : Page 42

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

This year, celebrate the season with a pumpkin wreath! Have your kid trace and cut patterns to create multiple pumpkin shapes from a single sheet of paper.

This science fair project idea studies which kind of rock (sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic) is most damaged by frozen water.

Explore how sound waves are reflected and absorbed by producing echoes. Analyze which locations produce echoes.

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practice her math skills by playing this fun game with her.

Using dried beans and corn, foods that are prevalent in Mexican cuisine, your child will create three-dimensional sombrero art.

This snowflake garland will bring some winter wonder to your house. Make a sparkling snowflake garland with your child this winter.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a rainbow card filled with three dimensional four leaf clovers!

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.

Demonstrate how static electricity can cause an object to move. It also examines just how an object affected by static electricity will move.

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

How would you dry your wet clothes if your dryer didn't work? Find out with this fun experiment!

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.

Magnets vary in strength. Have your young scientist figure out which kind of magnet is the strongest when you have him conduct this attractive experiment.

In this science fair project, students will create a model of a shoreline, observe erosion and examine how jetties prevent erosion.

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.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

Increase your child's confidence in interpreting bar graphs and throw a little candy into the mix to sweeten the learning process.

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

In this activity, your child gets to peek behind the curtain of puzzle making as they create their very own "Spot the Differences" game!

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.