Second Grade Activities

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Inspired by the children's book, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, this card brings the spunky spider Charlotte to life!

Help your child channel his inner wizard with this crafty activity perfect for imaginative youngsters.

Capture your beach memories—not with a photograph, but with a beach mosaic made from that classic beach souvenir, the shell.

Transform an old chair into a chalkboard canvas! This painting activity is a useful and creative way to add some quirky charm to your existing furniture.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Celebrate Mother's Day with this easy, attractive pop-up flower card.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

Create a unique gift that is as useful as it is gorgeous by using eggshells, tempera paint and glue.

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!

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

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.

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

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

This year on Mother's Day, here's a gift that builds vocabulary while bringing a smile to Mom's face!

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

Invite your child to craft dream cloud magnets to display their hopes and visions for the future!

Making these fabulous cupcake liner flowers is a great way to introduce your child to relief art work and patterns.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

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

In this activity, your child will have an opportunity to discuss what they like about themselves, and they will design a digital or physical poster that displays their talents, what they like, and images that describe themselves.

Here are two streamlined breakfast ideas so that mom not only gets a delicious breakfast for Mother's Day, but a clean kitchen too!