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Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

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!

Strengthen your child's number recognition skills with this fun game using an old, empty egg carton!

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

Reuse old cardboard boxes and popsicle sticks to create a miniature sled that is perfect for pretend play with dolls or action figures.

First graders spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

Use a recycling project to hone your childâs sewing skills and clean up her art supplies when she turns the leg of an old pair of jeans into a storage basket.

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

Using nothing fancier than old milk cartons and popsicle sticks, create a village full of fun learning for your kindergarten math student.

Use old coffee cans and socks to make a beanbag toss game for kids in preschool and kindergarten. This activity is great for math and coordination.

Most parents probably wouldn't mind subtracting 8-9 years off their age. Here's a fun third grade subtraction activity that may do just that.

Create a counting book, in order from 1-30, to help your child figure out a variety of ways of recognizing and representing numbers.

Celebrate 100 fantastic days of school by creating a school-themed collage with 100 pieces in this unique arts and crafts activity.

Guessing is more than pure fun, it's also a key part of kindergarten math. Here's a fun way to bring estimation to the breakfast table.

Play a game of "restaurant" to reinforce real-world applications of counting and using money.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Here's a Halloween, math activity: have your preschooler or pre-kindergartener carve shapes into a Jack-O-Lantern face and boost her shape recognition skills.

Analyze competed scientific studies to determine the effectiveness of ancient remedies. Create a chart that illustrates the effectiveness of these treatments.

This very physical game gets math off the page and into the real world-- and it works on number sense and estimation, key skills for kindergarten readiness.

Help your child learn her numbers and how to count with this fun number game!

Help your kindergartener practice his shape recognition and develop his fine motor skills by making a scarecrow at home.

Create a graph based on the interests of family member's to see who has what in common. Your child will practice her math skills and get to know the family!

Homemade Halloween treats make great party foods for an All Hallow's Eve get together. These four homemade Halloween treats are scary-good.

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

Study the impact of environment on seed germination among three materials: soil, paper towel, and cloth. Note when seeds germinate and how well they germinate

The Christmas Addition Tree is a great way to get kids actively involved in math practice through art projects over the holiday break.

First grade math includes lots of work with two-digit numbers. Here's an activity to help kids practice recognizing and sequencing numbers from 1-30.

Your child will enjoy getting math practice as they use bugs in addition and subtraction problems.

This activity with add some fun and education to long car trips. Perfect for family vacations!

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.