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If your 2nd grade child asks for time often, encourage him to read time on his own by talking about time throughout the day.

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

Help your child sharpen time skills by creating a special day and charting each part in a detailed schedule.

This heart paper chain is the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Include some decorations in a simple AB pattern and work on pattern recognition.

Here is an activity that your kids can make for Mother's Day, a garden pot filled with edible "flowers".

Celebrate Easter, or just about any day, with a candy necklace. Grab your favorite candies, a string of yarn and get ready to make a yummy, colorful treat!

Take paper football to the next level by creating a "field" with objects from around the house. A great indoor and rainy-day activity.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

This countdown to Christmas craft is fun for kids who are excited for the holiday. Countdown to Christmas with this fun holiday activity.

Help your child practice symmetry with this fun activity that will leave your child with a sweet symmetrical treat!

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

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!

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Make a fun refrigerator graph with your first grader in order to help her develop those crucial graphing skills, while engaging with the whole family.

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Use empty soda bottles to create a fun bowling set that helps your first grader practice addition skills!

This game is the perfect way to prepare your child for any shopping adventures you may embark upon, all while practicing important math concepts.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.