Kindergarten - 4th Grade Activities : Page 107

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

This rainbow collage activity is a great way to practice using different materials to create texture. The completed craft is sure to brighten up any space.

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

Take the pain out of parts by disguising your third grader's fraction lessons as baking with these pumpkin breakfast muffins complete with ghostly marshmallows!

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

Turn the marks on the wall into art! Create fingerpaint flamingos, herons and ostriches with this fun craft for kids.

Solfege signs are used to guide students through music that is new to them. Help your musically-inclined child learn to work with this fun system today.

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

Make a personalized pillowcase for your third grader with his old-fashioned silhouette image. You won't be able to find these in stores!

This festive Christmas card project teaches kids how to make a sparkling magic fairy godmother or angel out of glitter and sequins.

Your kindergartener will love being able to paint a beautiful butterfly, and the lucky recipient of the finished card will be just as delighted!

Children reflect on ways they have cared for themselves, others, and the Earth before building a garden to share beauty with others in their community.

Covered in patterns and reflective texture, this paper purse is sure to stand out!

Try making your own conch planter in this decorative shell.

This year for Valentine's Day, you and your child can bake up a batch of classic red velvet cupcakes and learn more about the history of this vintage treat.

This Sephardic meat pie features ground beef, mashed potato, onions, and spices simmered in a hearty gravy and then baked in matzoh crust.

The next time your kid asks, "What's for dinner?" reply, "Dinosaur Bones!" Of course, you don't mean actual bones; just tasty breadstick bones!

Next time your child says he's bored, suggest a game of Toe Fencing! It's a silly and physical game that can be played anywhere, any time.

Your child will boost her fine motor skills as she makes unique cards to give away to family and friends

Why would you pay for pricey dolls at the store when your second grader can create and play with her own personalized set?

Every kid loves the excitement of waiting for a special letter or package in the mail. Now they'll be able to have their very own mailbox!

How goofy can your first grader get? Show her how to use balloons and yarn to craft a collection of silly faces!

Send big holiday love on a small budget by sending these "Elf Tickets" this year...and give your child some writing practice in the bargain.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

Help your second grader make his own badminton set--out of your old pantyhose! He'll delight in his crafty independence, and you'll love saving money.

Celebrate April Fools' Day with a science prank that is sure to amuse...and educate too!

Brooches never go out of style! Your child can create a flower brooch that will look fantastic pinned to clothing, or even a bag. They also make great gifts.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

This Halloween, have your child create a ghoulish bat treat keeper. While crafting he'll learn the basic components of sculpture.

Practice math facts with your third grader was never so simple! This activity makes addition, subtraction, multiplication, and even division a lot more fun!