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

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

During the Passover Seder, many Jewish families pour a cup of red wine for Elijah. This year, help your child create his own welcoming glass for Elijah.

Turn learning fractions into a pizza party in this fun second grade math game.

Learning to count change can be tough! Help your child become a master money-counter with this simple game.

Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

Does your kid have a stash of sweets left over from Halloween? Turn that pile of candy into a learning opportunity with this sorting and categorizing activity.

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!

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

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.

Help your first grader, second grader, or third grader boost his addition skills and math vocabulary with this fun summer game Ice Cream Addition!

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practice her math skills by playing this fun game with her.

Check out this simple version of a pairs game that's played all over the world. It's a great way to practice estimating and predicting mathematical outcomes.

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

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

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

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

Invite your first grader to play this subtraction sacks game to get her actively involved in understanding and memorizing subtraction facts.

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

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

This pumpkin dessert recipe tastes like pie but looks like a no-bake cookie.

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.

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

Have some fun with your first or second grader, looking for creative ways that 100 cents can make $1.00!

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?