Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Activities : Page 4

Ask a child if they want to practice the alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if they'd like to play letter detective? You might hook yourself a fish.

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

This easy craft project boosts counting and fine motor skills, and will help kids learn about Jewish culture.

Bring barnyard fun to a rainy day by making this simple pig nose, or make several noses and round up two of your child's friends to act out Three Little Pigs.

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

Try this new twist to the traditional memory game to help your learner match number symbols to the correct quantity while sharpening their memory skills!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

This science fair project idea investigates emulsifiers that allow oil and vinegar to mix.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

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.

This butterfly costume comes together in under an hour and is perfect for your little trick-or-treater. Make this butterfly costume for Halloween or play time.

In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

Play this game that lets you create your own silly monster drawing and helps your child practice her counting skills!

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Can't make it to the beach? Bring the science of ocean waves home with this fun earth science-related craft.

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

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Milk is made of water and fat; but how can you separate the two? Find out in this color changing milk experiment.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

This dalmatian costume is simple for expert crafters and novice dog lovers alike. Make a dalmatian costume with your child for Halloween or play time.