Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Social Studies Activities : Page 2

Ancient tribes believed that these dolls kept worries away at night. Your 1st grader can make his own and learn about history, culture, and art in this activity

Practice counting to100 independently with this American flag craft project! 

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

Nothing says party like a bright and bursting piÃata! Create your own mini festive centerpiece with paper towel rolls and ribbons.

Teach your child about the importance of Labor Day by helping her learn about the different hats that are worn by workers in various occupations.

This recipe provides a quicker, easier, and slightly healthier way to prepare this classic Louisiana Creole dish.

Celebrate African heritage by making an African flag banner. This fun, culturally-inspired art project is perfect for Black History Month.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Choose a destination and "race" your way there! This activity is a great for charting progress and motivation.

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.

Explore African culture by helping your child make his very own djembe drum! Help your child explore music and rhythm as he celebrates Black History Month.

Lots of kids wonder what it would be like to be a police officer. Celebrate the people who help keep our communities safe with this fun craft.

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Your child can decorate her own set of Russian nesting dolls in this easy felt craft.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Tell the Purim story in a new way: By making a set of puppets out of an old deck of cards!

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.

Teach your child about the art of ancient Australia by creating your own handprint art just like Aboriginal artists did thousands of years ago.

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

Get started on an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos with this easy edible sugar skull project.

Expand your child's geographic awareness with these fun and easy map lessons.

Encourage your child to make a Chinese scroll painting as part of his world history or art studies, or just to pass the time on a weekend.

This construction paper activity helps your child to assemble a variety of emotions on a face so she can recognize how she and everyone around her is feeling.

The Egg in a Basket, a traditional British breakfast component, is a simple snack that kids and parents can cook together!

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

Your child will look forward to lunchtime with this artistic reinterpretation of the same old cold lunch.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!