The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

Will storing cucumbers and tomatoes in the fridge destroy their unique flavors? Find out in this science fair project idea!

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

Celebrate African heritage by making an African flag banner. This fun, culturally-inspired art project is perfect for Black History Month.

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

Here's an idea for an edible Father's Day "note" that also happens to give your second grader practice in using a fancy new tool: the thesaurus.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

In this arts and crafts activity, you can make fun bracelets using just a handful of buttons and some elastic cord. And it's a counting game, too!

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

Prepare your child for winter with a fake igloo and a list of cozy and chilly vocabulary words.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills! 

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

Science fair project which determines whether the size or the thickness of a piece of paper has an effect on how many times it can be folded in half.

This year on Mother's Day, here's a gift that builds vocabulary while bringing a smile to Mom's face!

Homophones are those tricky little words that tend to confound early learners. Help your second grader ace the challenge with this outdoor game.

This variation of Duck, Duck, Goose is played in pairs, which means a lot more activity for participants!

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

Palindromes are a fun and silly way to practice writing skills. Challenge your child to come up with as many palindromes as she can in this crazy activity!

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

Help your child get more comfortable with rhyme schemes with The Bear in Despair by Amanda Bray Cody.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.