2nd - 7th Grade Activities : Page 42

What do you get when you cross a pool, water balloons and hula hoops? Pool Basketball, an exciting summer game perfect for kids of all ages.

Tree rings can tell the age of the tree but also information about the world. This science experiment uses tree stumps to discover new facts.

Show your child that the simplest ingredients (salt and water) can be used to illustrate the concept of density!

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Spark your childâs interest in epic fantasy tales with this ferocious dragon craft.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

This science project teaches students the relationship between compost and plant growth. Students conduct an experiment with different types of compost.

Here's a delicious and nutritious dish for St. Patrick's Day: make a NiÃoise-style salad bursting with a rainbow of colors!

Are you looking for a fun game that will keep your child on his toes? Try introducing him to Water Tag.

Unlike other seed sprouting projects, this one allows kids to compare five different sprouts (either 5 herbs or 5 flowers) by watching them grow in a glove.

Serve this seasonal carrot salad at Easter brunch this year, and it just might hop onto your family's list of healthy favorites.

This easy strawberry banana smoothie is a healthy treat for kids. Make an easy strawberry banana smoothie for your child for a heart-healthy Valentine's Day.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

This science fair project idea attempts to train a worm to complete a simple maze in order to find out if worms can learn and remember.

If it's Easter, it must be time for egg hunts. But we have to admit, most kids would rather take a bite out of a yummy cupcake than a hard-boiled egg.

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.

Teach your child how to feed himself in the morning with this simple and delicious breakfast burrito recipe.

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

Create a face of a person or animal on a small terra cotta flower pot and grow herbs or a flowered plant for their hair! As the herbs grow, the hair grows.

This science fair project idea explores whether factors such as temperature and concentration affect the pH of a solution.

This science fair project idea explores whether white light can be separated into different colors.

Can you imagine a sky filled with bright, colorful bubbles? Make this whimsical scene come alive with bubble science!

This Fourth of July, play a fun history-inspired math and logic puzzle game for your kids to play!

A riff on the classic board game, St. Patrick's Day Snakes and Ladders is a fun game the whole family can enjoy.

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

Have your kid practice completing number patterns and then create her own patterns on the wings of a butterfly with this delightfully simple paper project.

Encourage your child to take ownership of a plant by creating a care plan and following it over the course of a couple of weeks.

In celebration of National Peace Day on September 21st, your child can create a colorful peace collage, using magazine clippings and colorful pieces of paper.

Tap into your Irish roots by making an adorable leprechaun hat vase for St. Patrick's Day in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.