Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Activities

Have your child create a little leprechaun to celebrate the season and create a little mischief.

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

This homemade pom-pom garland requires very few materials and instantly brightens up a room with Easter-themed pastels.

Capture your beach memories—not with a photograph, but with a beach mosaic made from that classic beach souvenir, the shell.

Transform an old chair into a chalkboard canvas! This painting activity is a useful and creative way to add some quirky charm to your existing furniture.

Help your child channel his inner wizard with this crafty activity perfect for imaginative youngsters.

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Make a mood meter with your child to help them recognize and share their feelings.

Make a rainbow chain for St. Patrick's day to introduce your child to Roy G. Biv.

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will learn about emotions and how they change, just like many parts of nature. Then they will spend time outside, exploring and reflecting on what they have learned.

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

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

Understanding emotions can be a helpful tool for self-regulation. In this social emotional learning activity, your child will practice identifying different emotions and explore how they connect with various gestures and facial expressions.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

This St. Patrick's-themed color game reinforces your kindergartener's recognition of green objects, and also gives her reading and listening skills a work out.

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Your child can create his own colorful leprechaun paper bag puppet for St. Patrick's Day in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!