1st - 8th Grade Activities : Page 111

This Sephardic meat pie features ground beef, mashed potato, onions, and spices simmered in a hearty gravy and then baked in matzoh crust.

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader experimenting with math concept of multiples and patterns with her own printing plate.

This is a great activity for when the kids get a little stir crazy. It works indoors or out.

These paper Scandinavian tiles are simple to create, and they make for a beautiful and unique keepsake.

Children learn about the benefits of mindfulness, teach someone else what they've learned, and create a sand timer to use during mindfulness practice.

To make this unique Valentine's Card, all your child will need is his creative mind, some paper, and a pencil.

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will create a goal board and practice setting one goal for an assignment or task and the steps they will need to achieve it.

To help your child shake the big number blues, here's a handy strategy to make your child a place value pro!

This simple way to help your child understand story problems begins as a quick activity and turns into a study tool for years to come!

Science fair project that uses muriatic acid to develop fingerprints that would otherwise be invisible.

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Find out whether optical mice are useful on all surfaces or if there are drawbacks to this supposedly superior solution to the traditional roller-ball mouse.

Make beautiful print block art with your kids using recycled materials.

Craft like the Colombians did in ancient times and make these line drawings out of twine, rope, or yarn.

Help your child craft her first pair of knitting needles out of recycled chopsticks!

First grade math includes lots of work with two-digit numbers. Here's an activity to help kids practice recognizing and sequencing numbers from 1-30.

Sure, your kid may already be a Picasso with a paintbrush, but even fancy artists need a new challenge.

For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

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.