Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Activities : Page 41

Does your child have trouble holding a pencil? Is writing an excruciating task? The key is to build up those hand muscles! This water relay race can help.

Make an edible bracelet from Froot Loops and a shoelace! This Block Institute art activity will engage your special needs or mainstream child at snacktime.

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

Celebrate Easter, or just about any day, with a candy necklace. Grab your favorite candies, a string of yarn and get ready to make a yummy, colorful treat!

When your child makes cute and delicious pudding cup faces, he has also created edible works of art!

Decorate your porch or backyard with this unique fall craft!

This life-sized self-portrait activity encourages children to explore what makes them special, and then portray it with arts and crafts!

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

Teach your child the value of hard work with this adorable hen craft, based on the hardworking heroine from the classic folktale "The Little Red Hen."

Using markers and construction paper, your child will design their own patterned fish.

This activity is a creative and fun way to boosts a child's motor skills while giving her a lasting toy.

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

Help your child harness some of her festive holiday spirit with a paper plate craft that doubles as a musical instrument!

Forget the package! Make your own delicious jello treat at home with your child. This healthy snack is just as tasty to eat as it is fun to play with!

Turkey cupcakes are quirky fowl-themed desserts that bring extra cheer to your Thanksgiving meal. Make turkey cupcakes that your kids will want to gobble up.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Playhouses can be expensive, and they take up so much space. Why not make your own collapsible playhouse instead?

Stamp out the sameness of learning the ABC's for your kindergartener. Make 26 letter sponge stamps and create projects with him to practice.

Make candy hearts this Valentine's Day. This heart-y project helps your little one practice handwriting skills and encourages creativity.

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Boost creativity with this simple activity where kids make up biographies of people they find in old magazines.

Reflect on how fast your child has grown this past year with this ruler frame craft, perfect for gift-giving!

Your child will rule his kingdom in style with this regal Pharaoh's head cloth, called a "nemes."

Your children will squeal with delight when they discover all the mishaps that come about after a visit from the leprechaun.

Use painted pasta to create your very own ancient Egyptian necklace.

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

Prepare your child for winter with a fake igloo and a list of cozy and chilly vocabulary words.