Preschool - 2nd Grade Activities : Page 5

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

Play this game that lets you create your own silly monster drawing and helps your child practice her counting skills!

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

Your child will practice her counting and number recognition as she matches printed numbers to the same number of repetitions of a simple design.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Can't make it to the beach? Bring the science of ocean waves home with this fun earth science-related craft.

This imaginative art activity will help your child to better understand symmetry and explore color and shape.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

This outdoor game will help your child practice observational skills and visual identification while working in some exercise, too!

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.

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.

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

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

Milk is made of water and fat; but how can you separate the two? Find out in this color changing milk experiment.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

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.

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

Use this fun spin-off of Bingo to help your child practice number recognition and listening skills!

The objective of this science project was to build a model of a volcano and observe reaction between different substances, including baking soda and vinegar.

Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?

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

Have your child create a little leprechaun to celebrate the season and create a little mischief.

In this playful preschool arts and crafts activity, your child will create a cute and colorful caterpillar using pom-poms, googly eyes, and a clothespin.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.