Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Activities : Page 5

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

Use this fun spin-off of Bingo to help your child practice number recognition and listening skills!

The objective of this science project was to build a model of a volcano and observe reaction between different substances, including baking soda and vinegar.

Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?

Help your child stay physically and mentally active with this group aerobic fitness game that's good for the heart and mind alike.

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

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Making these fabulous cupcake liner flowers is a great way to introduce your child to relief artwork and patterns.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will write loving kindness notes to place around the home to serve as a reminder (for themselves and others) to see the goodness within themselves.

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

Turn learning fractions into a pizza party in this fun second grade math game.

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

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

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

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

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

Take math off the page and into the real world. This simple game gives kindergarten kids hands-on practice with basic addition.

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

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

Try this kooky, spooky arts and crafts activity with your preschooler: make gummy worm ice cubes!

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

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!