Looking for fun first- and second-grade learning activities that will keep your students engaged while boosting their academic skills? Here, you’ll find a range of reading, math, and science activities that can be incorporated into your curriculum.
Reading activities for Grades 1–2
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Welcome to Incredible Insects! We’ll provide five days of reading and learning activities designed to engage your child in an exploration of butterflies, bees, and other bugs.
Engage your child in an exploration of food and how it is important in our lives.
Engage your child in an exploration of arts and creativity with five days of activities.
View more reading activities for Grades 1–2.
Math activities for Grades 1–2
Download these 100th day of school math activities for your classroom. These printables are suitable for students in Grades 2-5 and beyond.
Try these fun Memorial Day math activities to celebrate the holiday with your students using Memorial Day-themes games, lesson plans, and activities.
Here are three specific ways that teaching math through art from The Met can enhance your students’ learning experience.
Teach students about plane shapes, or closed, two-dimensional figures, and solid shapes, which include many of the everyday objects with which students are familiar.
Try these collecting data lesson plans for 1st and 2nd grade to introduce students to tally charts and other ways to collect and interpret data.
Celebrate 100 days of school with a free 100th Day of School gumball machine template. Explore projects, games, and activities.
View more math activities for Grades 1–2.
Science activities for Grades 1–2
Use these nutrition activities for elementary and middle school students to teach them about healthy eating, regular exercise, and self-care.
Get into the spirit of the season with these 7 fun fall science experiments and activities for elementary school students.
As your students start brainstorming invention convention ideas, you may hear them say they can’t think of anything to invent. We’ve come up with inventions that students can use as sources of inspiration when brainstorming their own ideas.
Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage students in environmental conservation.
Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage students in the great outdoors.
Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage your child in objects in the sky.
View more science activities for Grades 1–2.
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