2nd - 5th Grade Activities : Page 90

To make this unique Valentine's Card, all your child will need is his creative mind, some paper, and a pencil.

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.

To help your child shake the big number blues, here's a handy strategy to make your child a place value pro!

This simple way to help your child understand story problems begins as a quick activity and turns into a study tool for years to come!

Science fair project that uses muriatic acid to develop fingerprints that would otherwise be invisible.

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Find out whether optical mice are useful on all surfaces or if there are drawbacks to this supposedly superior solution to the traditional roller-ball mouse.

Make beautiful print block art with your kids using recycled materials.

Craft like the Colombians did in ancient times and make these line drawings out of twine, rope, or yarn.

Help your child craft her first pair of knitting needles out of recycled chopsticks!

Sure, your kid may already be a Picasso with a paintbrush, but even fancy artists need a new challenge.

For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

Ready for a game that's mostly about strategy with a little luck thrown in for good measure? Make math fact practice exciting and start rolling the dice!

Make a phonics paper egg to help your child build up his reading and writing skills.

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

This experiment tests which gender is better at catching how a magician performs his tricks.

This colorful caterpillar attaches itself to pencil holders and guards your school supplies!

Inspired by colorful African drums and crafted from recyclable materials, these pencil holders will make a bold and charming addition to any desk set.

Your fourth-grader can hone her baking skills with this classic American recipe the whole family will enjoy!

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

Let your fifth grader get in touch with this inner chef by making these delicious no-bake nanaimo bars--named after a city in Canada.

Add an ancient protective tool to your child's dress-up chest: the Viking shield!

What is a compound microscope? Kids find out by making one of their own in this cool science fair project.

In this experiment, young ecologists will learn about a type of edge effect: how trees and plants at the edge of a forest can act as a weed filter.

This creamy peanut butter fudge is a great first recipe to get your first or second grader involved with because it doesn't involve any time in the oven!

Here's a sweet holiday recipe to make with your fifth grader: bake scrumptious sugar-dusted chocolate snowballs! Serve them at your next Christmas party.

Pop up a pup tent, just like Civil War soldiers did on the battlefield.

This zombie cake will give your Halloween enthusiast an excuse to lurch and limp around the kitchen. Share this zombie cake with friends and the undead.