Preschool - 2nd Grade Activities : Page 3

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

Your child will have fun creating an Earth Day Plate that he can eat off as often as he likes!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

This Rudolph craft will help your kid make a goofy and memorable ornament. Make a Rudolph craft this winter to bring some added merriment to your Christmas.

Try this fun and interactive collage activity with your preschooler to teach her the "building blocks" of math and architecture.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Celebrate Earth Day with a decorative tree made out of strictly reused and recycled materials.

Help your kindergartener review shapes - and build early reading skills - with this creative book project.

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.

Looking for a noisemaker that's more musical than your kid's typical banging and clanging? Make a paper plate tambourine!

Send your child on a hunt throughout the house for numbers to help develop her number recognition and ordering skills.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?

Music instruments can be expensive. Sidestep steep prices with this art project that uses recycled materials to create a melodious music maker!

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

In this science fair project, kids will be able to see where germs reside on their hands while gaining insight into the benefits of thorough hand washing.

Help your preschooler craft a homemade wind spinning device--a surefire to make your backyard sparkle, and teach her a bit about weather!

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.