Preschool - 3rd Grade Activities : Page 36

Help your preschooler practice tying knots and bows by making a chain of chocolate kisses in this sweet Valentine's Day arts and crafts activity.

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

Your child can celebrate Mexican culture by making his very own percussion instrument using simple materials such as paper plates and tissue paper.

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

Fall in love with Cupid this Valentine's Day, specifically an adorable paper version of the classic Roman god!

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Use an old strawberry basket to create a decorative box for storing knickknacks, jewelry or odds and ends with this recycled craft.

Here's a fun science experiment that's refreshingly tasty too! Turn regular water into a tasty treat perfect for consuming on a hot day.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child learn to cut on a line, practice fine motor control, and create a beautiful garland, too.

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

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

Who says snow globes are just for winter? Help your child create a summer version with this fun art project!

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

It's Thanksgiving, so why not celebrate of the turkey? Let the little ones partake in the turkey fun, without having to do any of the carving.

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

Watch your first grader marvel at how fun and simple it is to turn ordinary potatoes into custom shamrock stamps.

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.