2nd Grade Activities : Page 5

Review fractions with your budding mathematician when you play this fun, educational math board game.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

How does the size of a vibrating surface affect the pitch of a drum? Learn about drum size and pitch with this easy science fair project idea.

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

In this activity you and your child will learn about the African Americans that changed history in a fun quiz format.

Playing a tactile game with multiplication will help your child get a better grasp of basic math concepts and transform your kid into a master multiplier.

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

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

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practice her math skills by playing this fun game with her.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

Create equations in this strategic math card game. Your second or third grader can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in a new way!

Valentine bookmarks make reading lovely. Make a valentine bookmark that looks like a heart-filled bookworm.

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

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.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.