2nd and 3rd Grade Activities : Page 25

Based on the popular "I Spy" game, this activity lets your kid practice important skills like number identification and place value.

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

Your child will be cheering for 8s and 9s as she tries to create a larger number than her competitors. Whoever ends up with the largest number wins!

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Create this homemade slinky snake from recycled materials. It can move and slither about like the real thing!

Throw a P.E. party in your own backyard that will make fitness fun!

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

Check out this cool science project idea to learn about rocks and explore the cycles of formation, breakdown, and reformation of rocks in the Earth's crust.

Make your own chalkboard to liven up a playroom, and encourage your child to practice writing and math!

Test your friends to find out if you can replicate the placebo effect's incredible results.

This Labor Day, encourage your child to learn more about the different tools and supplies found in a doctor's bag by having her create one of her own!

Show your child how to paint in true Georgia O'Keeffe style. He'll enjoy painting art inspired by a master, and boost his math skills, too.

Help your child make her very own candy bars with this easy recipe.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!

With this activity, you child will get an opportunity to apply skills they're learning in second grade math, and maybe learn something new about Dad.

Re-purpose an old glass bottle into a cute vase using a few pieces of felt and a little imagination.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

Measuring and mixing is half the fun with these Irish oatmeal cookies, and it's a great way to introduce your second grader to cooking and kitchen tools.

Using beautiful oil pastels and their own wild imagination, your child will come up with their own spooky, spectacular, or spine-tingling monster.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Next time your child says he's bored, suggest a game of Toe Fencing! It's a silly and physical game that can be played anywhere, any time.

This Mother's Day, help your child practice math measurement skills with this "mom" recipe card.

This paper alternative to tie-dye is faster, easier, and (slightly) less messy, only requiring paper, white crayons, and a little imagination.

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate how yeast, a fungus, causes bread to rise.

If your mom loves gardening and plants, make her a Mother's Day garden decoration perfect for displaying in her yard!