1st - 8th Grade Activities : Page 75

Even the birds need to get out of the rain during the winter months. Help your child help nature and fill a lazy afternoon with this easy, cute craft.

Your child can make a sweet and savory spinach strawberry salad; two ingredients that come together for a light and fresh summer dish!

This science fair project idea recreates the movement of planetary bodies in order to learn why they sometimes appear to move backwards.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Discover a way to take old denim out of your child's closet without removing it from her life with this beautiful recycled craft.

Enhance fourth-grade measurement making skills and social studies learning with this stitching project.

This yarn heart is a rustic Valentine's Day decoration that will bring some heartfelt cheer to your home. Make a yarn heart with your little Valentine.

These kid-friendly banana muffins are fun to make, and they pack in the protein with a healthy dose of quinoa added to the mix.

This St. Patrick's Day have your little mischief-maker create a simple leprechaun disguise that's sure to inspire a some good-hearted giggling.

Hanukkah stamps help you decorate anything from cards to gifts to wrapping paper. Make your own Hanukkah stamps out of potatoes.

Science fair project that determines whether mass and weight are the same or different.

These homemade Valentine's Day cards offer a heartfelt greeting for a special friend. Our homemade Valentine's Day cards feature hearts and a funny message.

Valentine's Day is a great day to show loved ones how much you appreciate them, and this love bug craft is an adorably simple way to spread the love.

This easy indoor activity teaches kids how to mix kitchen ingredients into watercolor paints, while giving a crash course in color-combining.

Introduce your fifth grader to the Kinara, part of the Kwanzaa tradition, by playing this fast-paced, two player game!

Matzoh brei is a fun-to-eat Jewish breakfast. It is a lot like traditional French toast, only it is made with matzoh instead of bread.

In this cool experiment, learn how to find specific gravity of minerals using liquids of different densities to see which substances and items sink and float.

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will practice a mindfulness and forgiveness visualization and write a letter to someone with whom they've had a minor conflict and would like to forgive.

Show your teen how to live green by transforming old CD cases into drawer dividers and help her get organized in the process.

Watch pre-packaged seeds and seeds taken from inside fruits and vegetables grow. Which ones will grow faster? Read more in this science fair project idea.

Satisfy your child's love of the game with a paper project starring his favorite pigskin!

Be adventurous this Cinco de Mayo and give this simple recipe using pickled nopalitos a try!

Spice up your first grader's spelling practice this Presidents Day by playing the Abraham Lincoln Penny Spelling game!

This fun and easy project is the perfect way to help your first grader remember who's who, practice her handwriting, and help decorate for Thanksgiving.

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

Using low-tech supplies and a little extra ingenuity you can help your fourth grader create this unique, heartfelt Valentine card.

This quick and easy pasta dish is loaded with sweet grape tomatoes and vitamin-packed red pepper pesto.

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.