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

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Take a fun and simple look at the concept of parallel lines with your child. This art activity is great for fine motor skills and perfect for Valentine's Day!

Play this daily money game with your 2nd grade child to help his math skills.

Do different types of oil mix or stack? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Recycle an old soda bottle into a beautiful, functional soap dish! In this project your child will practice saving the environment in a proactive way.

Create an outer space painting with chalk, water and black paper in this art project that explores the solar system.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Back-to-back breathing is a great way to practice self-calming while also creating connection and developing trust.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

If your 2nd grade child asks for time often, encourage him to read time on his own by talking about time throughout the day.

This witches' brew recipe for kids is a cool mix of lemonade, tapioca pearl "eggs," and gummy worms. Try this witches' brew recipe for kids this Halloween.

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

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

Science fair project that examines the behavior of water and gravel in creek beds and the formation of sedimentary rocks.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

Children will reflect on how community service makes us better people. Then they will complete a service survey to gain a better understanding of their interests, gifts, and their potential role as a service worker in their community.

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

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

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! 

Bring the zoo to you with this fun second grade arts and crafts activity: make a mini menagerie using colored pipe cleaners, a pencil and marker, and eyes!

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

These paper Scandinavian tiles are simple to create, and they make for a beautiful and unique keepsake.

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

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

Encourage your child to eat nutritiously by having them build this delicious summer fruit cone!

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Explore geometric shapes and pattern as your child makes her very own Hawaiian kapa cloth.