2nd and 3rd Grade Activities : Page 11

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Get fired up for the new school year with a "Back-to-School Calendar" you and your child can make at home.

Play tic-tac-toe and help your kid memorize multiplication facts!

Invite your child to craft dream cloud magnets to display their hopes and visions for the future!

This fun geometry game requires players to use measurement, find perimeter, and draw polygons. It's great for a fourth grade math student!

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

This project compares the strength of one, two, and three-ply toilet paper.

This fun math card game is a great opportunity to discuss probability with your third grader.

This science fair project idea teaches how the gases and pollution in the air affect the earth's atmosphere temperature.

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Create an outer space painting with chalk, water and black paper in this art project that explores the solar system.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

If your science savy third grader is up for a challenge, let her bend light with a casserole dish!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for homemade spearmint ice cream!

In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

Did you even wonder why some rocks are round and smooth while others are broken up into small pieces?

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Nothing chases the blues away like a trip to the boardwalk. Bring the fun home with this do-it-yourself version that sneaks in some math practice.

In this science project, learn about water transport in plants and make a beautiful dyed floral arrangement with cohesion, adhesion, and xylem tubes!

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

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.

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

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.