Preschool - 8th Grade Activities : Page 8

Halloween is approaching, so why not create some ghost flash cards that will help your child learn their numbers the spooky way?

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

Science fair project the demonstrates Newton's Third Law using a milk carton filled with water.

Do something totally unique and new with a pumpkin this year! Practice designing patterns with stripes, zigzags, or geometric shapes. The sky's the limit!

Winter is a great time to create a textured polar bear. Not only will your child gain practice identifying shapes, they'll also work on fine motor skills.

In this science experiment, do tensile strength test on fishing line, a strand of hair, a rubber band, and any other materials you're curious about!

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

Learn about magnifying glasses, concave lenses and inverted images by sending rays of light through a magnifying glass in this cool science fair project!

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

How does a flashlight work? Kids will make a complete circuit and explore how voltage contributes to brightness with this science fair project idea.

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

This witches' brew recipe for kids is a cool mix of lemonade, tapioca pearl "eggs," and gummy worms. Try this witches' brew recipe for kids this Halloween.

This science fair project investigates whether tapping the top or the side of the can will stop a vigorously-shaken can of soda from exploding.

Encourage your child to compare and contrast a wide variety of autumn-themed items by weighing various objects and recording their findings.

Turn snack time into a healthy ho-ho-holiday activity! Make a face that looks like a cartoon Santa using fruits. It will be a fun activity that will get your family in the holiday spirit, and spice up your snack time with healthy treats.

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.

This science fair project idea builds models of various types of bridges and then determines which bridge design is the strongest.

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

Get ready for Thanksgiving by explaining the importance of the harvest. This craft is a great way for her to show thanks for all that delicious food!

Make a sweet, budget-friendly treat for your loved ones with these trick-or-treat lollipops.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

Brine shrimp usually live in saltwater. Investigate how salt concentration (salinity) affects the rate at which brine shrimp eggs hatch.

Do earthworms like moisture or darkness? Find out as we explore the relationship between earthworms and light.

Encourage your child to help make dinner special this holiday season! If your child is loves to help in the kitchen, this is a great activity. They will build mini-penguins to enjoy while waiting for dinner!