Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Community and Culture Activities

Help your child discover the difference between his wants and needs using this poster.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

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

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.

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

Help your child make a recycling poster for your household and teach them how to take care of the environment!

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.

Maracas are most commonly found in music around the world. Introduce your child to percussion and rhythm with this easy-to-make instrument.

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

This simple art project will help your child think of nice words to say that come from the heart.

Make sunomono, a simple Japanese cucumber vinegar salad, and kid-friendly chopsticks in this fun kindergarten activity.

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.

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

Give your child an American history lesson as you create a colorful mini totem pole!

Celebrate Chinese New Year by teaching your child how to use chopsticks! She'll build her math and fine motor skills as she does this activity.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor 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.

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

Summer is a good time to teach children about other kinds of community helpers, such as lifeguards, forest rangers, and librarians. This activity is a fun way to get them introduced!

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

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

Kick off the spookiest time of the year with an art project inspired by the ancient Egyptian process of mummification.

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.

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.

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

Celebrate Ramadan by creating a crescent moon and star...out of stars! This craft is the perfect way to introduce your child to an important national symbol.

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