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.
If your child is in the decimal doldrums, or suffering from acute fear of fractions, take heart. They're probably just struggling to understand how numbers on a page can relate to the "real world" outside the classroom.
Play this fun card game with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.
More activities:
Minute Math: How to Estimate Time
This fun game helps children learn to estimate the most basic unit of time--a minute--without a clock. Instead, they will use repeated activities that each last a 60 seconds to truly understand what can fit into a minute!
Snag a Spoon! A Math Game
In this version of the classic card game, students will gain a solid understanding of basic equivalents and will be having so much fun they may not even realize it’s a math review.
The Amazing Equation Race
Games are a great way to ease your fifth-grader’s fear of new math concepts. Here's an interactive, fast-paced game that will make your fifth-grader fell more comfortable with simple equations.
Tic Tac Toe for Three Equations in a Row!
One way to “trick” your child into getting extra practice with one-step equations is to play a variation of the classic game, tic tac toe.
Playground Physics
Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.
Reflect on Sight Words
Need to find a way to practice sight words without boring your child silly? Try putting the sight words in your child's line of sight!
Plan Stories with The Five-Finger Technique
Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for early compositions.
Understanding Headers and Subheaders
Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's a great way to practice this reading comprehension skill with your child at home.
Twenty Questions: The Fact or Fiction Edition
Start a dialogue with your child to help her learn the difference between fact and opinion. One way to get the ball rolling is to play a version of "Twenty Questions."
Story Charting with Venn Diagrams
Visual tools, like Venn diagrams, help us organize information in multiple stories, in order to analyze them against each other. When your child is comparing and contrasting stories, they are essentially being asked to compare different elements of the stories.
