Preschool - 2nd Grade Activities : Page 25

Here's a quick and easy recipe for homemade play dough that doesn't involve any cooking! This bright and colorful modeling clay makes a great instant toy!

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

Kids can make a cute fluffy bunny for Easter using a tin can and cotton balls in this creative first grade arts and crafts activity.

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

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

Preschoolers need to practice hopping, skipping, and other "gross motor" skills. Why not make it fun by challenging them to move like their favorite animals?

Help you child learn the colors of the rainbow and paint them in order by making a beautiful rainbow pot.

This fun project will showcase spring's freshest flowers and help your child contribute to the Passover Seder.

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

Help your child will learn about shapes and patterns by creating her own masterpiece mosaic out of dried beans.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

In this activity you and your child will learn about the African Americans that changed history in a fun quiz format.

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

This dalmatian costume is simple for expert crafters and novice dog lovers alike. Make a dalmatian costume with your child for Halloween or play time.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Your child can use watercolors to paint butterflise and to practice the "wet into wet" technique, an important step in art.

This fun and educational Halloween craft is a fantastic way to celebrate the holiday while building your child's letter and phonics skills.

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

A hands-on guessing game that teaches kids to recognize different coins. First graders will learn their money and their math at the same time!

Help your first grader, second grader, or third grader boost his addition skills and math vocabulary with this fun summer game Ice Cream Addition!

This toothpaste art craft encourages sensory exploration and creative play for younger kidsâjust remember to save some toothpaste for brushing!

Create a world of bugs with your kid! This variation on finger painting is a great project to create after a trip to the zoo or while learning about science.

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

This fun first grade activity will make your child love vegetables (well, racing them anyway). Build a racecar from a zucchini and challenge the whole family!

Check out this simple version of a pairs game that's played all over the world. It's a great way to practice estimating and predicting mathematical outcomes.

Act out the Three Billy Goats Gruff with this adorable paper plate mask.

Teach your child how to make her own buzzer using only a button and a string.