2nd Grade Activities : Page 7

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

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

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

Now you can have baby chicks around any time of year, with this simple egg carton craft idea.

This little bumble bee is the perfect springtime party table decoration and is great practice for pattern-making, folding and cutting.

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

Science fair project that examines condensation and the conditions needed in order for dew to form.

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Pureed ripe peaches, vanilla yogurt, agave nectar, and juicy chunks of peach come together to form a refreshing pop that hits the spot on a hot summer day.

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

A Valentine's Day pop-up card is the perfect way to show your love on February 14th. Get creative with a fun 3-D paper art project.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.