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Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

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.

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

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.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

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

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Pfeffernusse are spicy and sweet Christmas cookies from Germany. Make a batch of traditional pfeffernusse this holiday season.

This competitive inequalities card game is a great way to help your child understand the connection between numerals and the values they represent.

Invite your second grader to help you measure and mix these fresh, cool concoctions!

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.

A hands-on guessing game that teaches kids to recognize different coins. First graders will learn their money and their math at the same time!

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!

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!

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

This recipes is so easy your child gets to be master chef for this kitchen activity. He'll bake peanut butter banana oatmeal cookies that happen to be vegan!

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

These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.

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?

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.