1st - 8th Grade Activities : Page 85

Encourage your child to learn about air pressure by helping him devise his own squirt gun with a water bottle.

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

This turkey hand activity will help your child practice patterns and number recognition, key concepts that she'll encounter throughout your child's academic career.

Challenge your 1st grader to skip count with this sequence game. Help him find missing numbers by figuring out the pattern and building on math skills!

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

Science fair project which determines whether a person's taste in music is dictated by the key that the song is written in.

Hiding protein-rich quinoa and a variety of fresh vegetables, these meatballs are the perfect answer to kid food woes.

This project determines the age of a tree using a growth factor chart instead of cutting the tree down to count the rings in its base.

Does your child love Roly, the orange cat from our Brainzy games? Create the perfect dress-up costume and bring your child’s dreams to life!

Kids learn about surrealism as they cut out items from magazines and combine them to create their own piece of surrealistic juxtaposition.

Try this fall-inspired art activity with your child to teach some basic art principles about color, pattern and texture.

These Thanksgiving place cards are a fun turkey-twist on traditional place markers. Make a set of these Thanksgiving place cards with your child this November.

Cheer on your home team with a savory snack shaped just like a real football!

Mix eggs, milk, and flour just so, and you can create spectacular, gourmet popovers this Easter!

Solfege signs are used to guide students through music that is new to them. Help your musically-inclined child learn to work with this fun system today.

Let your young chef whip up some cheer in the kitchen with these tasty and adorable chocolate trees snacks.

Running out of breakfast ideas for your kid? Make a delicious egg and cheese bird's nest.

Here's a homemade bulletin board project to help your fourth grader's school year start off right.

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

Graph are a great way to organize information. Your child will get to practice graphing by creating a bar graph and a pictorial graph of her friend's names.

Here's an adverb acting game that will have your child hungrily, unceasingly, enthusiastically learning!

Make a paper jack-o'-lantern treat bucket this Halloween! While crafting, your kid will learn about the process of creating self-standing sculptural objects.

Help your child learn healthy eating habits by transforming every kid's favorite food into a healthy, flavorful after-school snack.

This is a healthy dish that'll bring color to any meal but simple enough that kids of all ages can take the lead in making this delicious Korean dish.

Your fifth grader will have a blast sewing this plush neck pillow--and he'll sure be glad to have it on long car or airplane trips!

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

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.

Take a closer look at your furry friend (or the furry friend of a neighbor -- with permission) to discover if communication exists between cats and humans.

Celebrate autumn by making a beautiful pastel art piece with corn as its theme.

Penguins just may be the cutest cold-weather creatures ever! Creating this penguin is a perfect way for your tot to practice cutting out different shapes.