Games and Activities
Looking for activities to show your child the fun side of learning? From science experiments and math games to writing projects and more, we've got you covered! Use the selector on the right to browse around, or narrow your search by grade and subject area.
Snowflakes offer endless delight for curious little kids. If you live in Maine or Wyoming, your first grader can step outside in December to collect the real thing; but if you live in warmer climes, no worries! You can make your own.
Recognizing common abbreviations is an important component to second grade language arts. Here's a fun book-making project that will help your child learn to abbreviate and provide a great art lesson at the same time!
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Get Well-Versed in Vocabulary
To help your teen tackle learning and retaining test-prep vocabulary words, here's a collection of tried-and-true strategies:
Whither the Weather? Be a Forecaster
See how accurate you can be in predicting the forecast or evaluating who can come the closest to the actual atmospheric readings. You'll be learning important terms while spending some time together, even if it's in front of the T.V.!
Bake a Batch of Fractions!
With this activity, you'll be practicing adding and subtracting fractions, but the activity can be modified to refresh multiplication, division, and more.
Face-Off! An Integer Card Game
This fun card game is a great way to help your child increase his speed and accuracy when solving integer problems.
Number Maker: A Card Game to Practice Place Value
Here's a super fun game to get in some place value practice! All you need is a deck of cards, paper, and a pencil.
Put Together a Procedure!
If following directions is hard for your child, why not turn the tables and teach her how to effectively give instructions? With this fun activity you'll also be teaching your child how to write good scientific procedures that can be reproducible.
The Amazing Returning Rod
Not only will this activity encourage critical thinking as your child tries to figure out why it happened, it will also serve to reinforce the physics concept of stored energy.
Make a Mind-Bending Illusion!
What happens when the eyes see something that the brain knows cannot be factual? This fun activity can reinforce this phenomenon using simple household items.
Math a la Mode
For some math concepts,the hard part is remembering which formula to use! To illustrate the mathematical concepts of range, mean, median, and mode, here are some quick activities you can do with your child.
Preparing for the SAT
The SAT tests don't need to be a time of dread for your child. In fact, with the right plan in place, you can help them get on the way to acing them!
