2nd and 3rd Grade Activities : Page 44

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

Encourage the brain-body connection in your child with movement games. This activity will decide who’s got the better moves, throughout the ages of music!

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

This simple Veterans Day craft is a great way to have your kid work on her drawing skills and put her vocabulary to the test too!

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Learn an ancient craft with this introduction to weaving. A great tie-in for kids learning about ancient cultures.

Turn your child's favorite fruits and vegetables into an edible necklace!

Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

Have you ever noticed the way a dropped stone makes a fun pattern in a pond or lake? What's the science behind these splashy occurrences?

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Help your child make a recycling poster for your household and teach them how to take care of the environment!

Help your child to invent her own chore-helper to help her put that growing imagination to good use!

Make a personalized pillowcase for your third grader with his old-fashioned silhouette image. You won't be able to find these in stores!

Your third grader will love both recreating and dressing up as his favorite reptile with this frightening crocodile jaw costume!

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

In this arts and crafts activity, help your kindergartener make friendship bracelets with just safety pins, elastic, and some colorful beads.

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

Instead of piling on jackets and mittens, settle down for an afternoon of paper magic with this three-dimensional snowflake craft.

Take advantage of the summer sun to make you and your child a delightfully refreshing treat--sun tea!

Looking for hot weather fun? Cool the kids down with a homemade slip and slide! You can create your own water park atmosphere for just a few bucks.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

These gingerbread cookies can be baked by your third grader. Make a warm batch of gingerbread cookies to bring some extra holiday cheer to your home.

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

Ever wonder why refrigerator lights turn off when you close the door? Does the darkness prevent food from spoiling? This experiment, determines just that.

In this science fair project, students examine under what conditions individual plants release seeds and how far the seeds are released.

Using lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life, help your child implement kindness and compassion into their interactions with others.

This apple cider recipe makes a perfect drink for a cold winter day. Make our apple cider recipe with your child this holiday season.