Preschool - 5th Grade Activities : Page 117

Your first grader will improve her fine motor skills as she designs her own drum set with recycled household objects and art supplies!

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

Make some beautiful and unique candles to light your home.

Make these delicious and festive smoothies with your kids this Fourth of July to celebrate the holiday with a healthy twist.

Let your aspiring poet use book titles to create a funky and visually-appealing masterpiece!

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

Amaze your kids by separating a salt and pepper mixture using an "electric spoon" charged with wool.

Construct and experiment with a periscope using reflected light rays to gather an image.

Let your preschooler feel like a real chef by helping him create his very own chef's hat!

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

Help your child bring a bit of Halloween magic to school with a spooky ghost pen!

Explore measurement with your second grader and make this terrific holiday craft.

In this cool experiment, learn how to find specific gravity of minerals using liquids of different densities to see which substances and items sink and float.

Prove that the Earth is not flat. The objective of this science fair project is to measure the angle of the sun and calculate the circumference of the Earth.

A package of memory wire and some beads are all that your artist needs to make a bracelet. The challenge will be to come up with a design inspired by autumn.

This Star of David craft is eco-friendly and will help your child practice basic geometry. Make a festive Star of David craft for Hanukkah.

Create some cards and a factor board and get ready to practice multiplication. This game will help your kid get one step closer to memorizing times tables!

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

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

Turn your childâs love of markers into a really colorful creation with the help of some water and a big brush.

Feed your preschoolerâs love for all things transportation-related with this tasty and educational snack.

Help your kindergartener use a map to find "leprechaun gold"--and build early social studies skills in the process!

This game reinforces the meaning of the term "multiples" and is fast enough to hold the attention of your fourth-grader.

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

Applesauce doesn't just have to be for a bowl -- your child can transform it into an easy-to-hold treat!

This science fair project idea demonstrates how air resistance contributes to denser objects falling faster than less dense objects.

Using wholesome, natural ingredients like oatmeal, honey and raisins your child can make homemade granola bars!

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!