Make a Maze with Drinking Straws!
Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your third grader's math reasoning skills.
Card Pick Up
Use a deck of playing cards to improve math reasoning skills! This two-player game requires logic and critical thinking. If your child likes puzzles, this activity will be a big hit!
Spiral: A Multiplication Game
Multiplication is a concept that requires a lot of practice. Try replacing the flash cards with this fun card game every once in awhile. Shuffle a deck of cards, then create a large spiral by placing them face up...
Natural vs. Artificial: Can You Taste the Difference?
Which do you prefer: real or artificial? Try this sweet little taste experiment to help your kids develop a better awareness of the food they consume.
Ice Cube Bead Necklaces
Create ice cube bead necklaces to cool off little fireballs of energy while practicing gross motor skills and sequencing, and discussing states of matter.
Build Newspaper Towers...and Test Their Stability!
Let your kid try his hand at engineering as he builds and tests two different structures made out of rolled newspaper. Which one is the strongest?
Go Shopping for Decimal Practice!
Here's an activity that will get your child's attention with a back-to-school shopping spree. The catch? He'll have to use decimal skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide his way to a new wardrobe!
Make a Counting Book
If a picture's worth a thousand words, how many numbers is it worth? Break out some old newspapers and magazines and let your kid find out, by creating her very own counting book!
Craft a Natural Materials Mosaic
Celebrate the blooming season with your child by showing him how to make a magical spring mosaic out of natural materials, instead of tiles or stones.
Make a Ladybug Storyboard!
Does it bug you that math isn't more fun? Teachers have been using flannel boards for years to make stories sing. Now you can make your own version of the flannel board and help bring math to life!
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