2nd Grade Activities : Page 6

Your child will boost her gross motor skills as she has fun playing with your easy-to-make and totally safe dart board and dart balls.

Help your kid feel like a superhero with this safe and fun science experiment that creates an electrical charge that's like a mini lightning bolt!

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

Simple and straightforward, this money math game helps kids practice counting, adding change, and working with decimals.

When you cut a flower to put into a vase, it'll eventually wilt, even with water and sunshine. But is there another scientific secret to keeping flowers fresh?

Here's an Easter themed math game to reinforce your child's logical reasoning and place value skills.

Science fair project that examines what causes thunder and why a thunderclap sounds so loud. How is lightening related to the creation of sound waves?

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Your child can emulate M.C. Escher with this hands-on art project for fall and Thanksgiving.

This simple and fun project introduces kids to the art of pottery and offers them a glimpse into how ancient peoples created the very first Neolithic pottery.

This science fair project teaches students the differences between fruits and vegetables.

Discover whether cold or hot water from the faucet will boil faster on the stove.

Here's a Father's Day gift that won't break the bank. With a touch of fabric paint, transform plain cotton t-shirts into original matching Dad and kid tops.

Your child can use colorful construction paper to make an easy paper basket to hold some of his special things!

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

This rainbow collage activity is a great way to practice using different materials to create texture. The completed craft is sure to brighten up any space.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

Science fair project that examines the different types of precipitation, evaluates the density of snow and calculates the ratio of snow-to-liquid.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Get fired up for the new school year with a "Back-to-School Calendar" you and your child can make at home.

Invite your child to craft dream cloud magnets to display their hopes and visions for the future!

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.