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Pumpkin Play Dough!
Pumpkin Play Dough!
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Pumpkin Play Dough!
What’s the best part of fall? Pumpkins! Use this easy recipe to help your child make some delicious smelling pumpkin play dough. They can use their math skills to measure and mix and then have hours of fun playing!
Kindergarten
Math
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Pumpkin Investigation
Pumpkin Investigation
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Pumpkin Investigation
Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin
3rd grade
Math
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Spooky Halloween Jars
Spooky Halloween Jars
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Spooky Halloween Jars
Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!
2nd grade
Math
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Design a Weather Calendar
Design a Weather Calendar
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Design a Weather Calendar
This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.
Preschool
Science
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Weight Wonders: Big and Light...Heavy and Small?
Weight Wonders: Big and Light...Heavy and Small?
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Weight Wonders: Big and Light...Heavy and Small?
Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.
1st grade
Science
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Make an Electrical Zapper
Make an Electrical Zapper
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Make an Electrical Zapper
Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!
5th grade
Science
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The Perfect Pumpkin Soup
The Perfect Pumpkin Soup
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The Perfect Pumpkin Soup
Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.
4th grade
Math
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Pumpkin Nut Bread
Pumpkin Nut Bread
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Pumpkin Nut Bread
Here's a pumpkin nut bread recipe that makes for a wonderful project on a crisp autumn afternoon.
5th grade
Math
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Making Measurements: How Big is Your Hand?
Making Measurements: How Big is Your Hand?
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Making Measurements: How Big is Your Hand?
Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.
1st grade
Science
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How Old is That Tree?
How Old is That Tree?
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How Old is That Tree?
Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!
3rd grade
Science
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Measurement Scavenger Hunt
Measurement Scavenger Hunt
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Measurement Scavenger Hunt
Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.
2nd grade
Math
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Size Up Your Stuffed Animal: A Measurement Activity
Size Up Your Stuffed Animal: A Measurement Activity
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Size Up Your Stuffed Animal: A Measurement Activity
In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!
2nd grade
Math
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Build an Architectural School Model
Build an Architectural School Model
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Build an Architectural School Model
Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.
2nd grade
Math
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Understand Volume Using Sugar Cubes
Understand Volume Using Sugar Cubes
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Understand Volume Using Sugar Cubes
Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.
4th grade
Math
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Temperature Game
Temperature Game
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Temperature Game
Use playing cards to learn about temperature as well as positive and negative integers in this fourth grade math game.
4th grade
Math
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Metric Conversion Game
Metric Conversion Game
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Metric Conversion Game
Making metric conversions is a difficult concept to master. Get in some extra practice by playing this Tic-Tac-Toe game with your learner.
5th grade
Math
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Measurement Conversion Game
Measurement Conversion Game
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Measurement Conversion Game
Practice conversions within the metric system in this fun math card game for third graders.
3rd grade
Math
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Play the Measuring Game
Play the Measuring Game
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Play the Measuring Game
Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!
2nd grade
Math
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Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
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Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Did you know cooking supports your child in learning complex math skills? Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills by whipping up some healthy sweet potatoes for a dinner side dish!
5th grade
Math
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Bake Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce
Bake Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce
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Bake Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce
Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills this holiday season! This decadent bread pudding, dressed up with pumpkin and warm spices, is a holiday show-stopper.
3rd grade
Math
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Make a Pumpkin Math Book
Make a Pumpkin Math Book
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Make a Pumpkin Math Book
This Halloween math activity book is a whole lot of fun.
1st grade
Math
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Learn Shadow Science
Learn Shadow Science
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Learn Shadow Science
Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!
1st grade
Science
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Haunted House Blueprint
Haunted House Blueprint
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Haunted House Blueprint
Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.
3rd grade
Math
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100th Day of School Scavenger Hunt
100th Day of School Scavenger Hunt
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100th Day of School Scavenger Hunt
Try a 100th Day of School Scavenger Hunt with your preschooler, and send her on the search for objects of different colors!
Preschool
Fine arts
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Monster Dance
Monster Dance
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Monster Dance
Catch the dance mash fever with this catchy and foot-tapping activity that's all about movement and Halloween fun!
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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Search Measurement Hands-on Activities

These fun measurement activities and games for kids make measuring as simple as possible. With measurement projects like foot fun and go on a nature hunt, printable measurement games become an interactive and enjoyable process. These measurement projects can even get yummy when you play the games that use marshmallows and gummy bears as measurement tools!