Try this fun math card game and practice place value with your second grader! Decide which number is bigger in order to earn points!

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Here's a super fun game to get in some place value practice with your child!

Okay, identifying place value isn't as fun as eating ice cream, but with a few index cards and a competitive spirit, it can be disguised a game!

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.

Your child will be cheering for 8s and 9s as she tries to create a larger number than her competitors. Whoever ends up with the largest number wins!

Race to double numbers in this competitive card game. Try one-digit or two-digit numbers, or more!

Help cement the concept of place value with this simple activity that involves creating a set of dials made from Styrofoam cups.

These Thanksgiving place cards are a fun turkey-twist on traditional place markers. Make a set of these Thanksgiving place cards with your child this November.

Here's an Easter themed math game to reinforce your child's logical reasoning and place value skills.

Based on the popular "I Spy" game, this activity lets your kid practice important skills like number identification and place value.

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.

Engage your third-grader in this version of the classic game and she will get lots of practice using mental math to solve addition and subtraction problems.

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

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

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

Sharing can be a challenge, and division doubly so! Practice halving numbers in this competitive card game.

Most often, a collage is 2-dimensional, but instead of using paper as a base, this project uses an inexpensive pumpkin from the craft store.

What's the best way to make DIY compost? Kids will learn about aerobic and anaerobic decomposition while learning to appreciate the value of composting.

Finding the greatest number is great math practice! This strategic card game will help reinforce the concept of number value as well as addition facts.

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Teach your 2nd grader the value of recycling with this fun arts and crafts activity: make a DIY painted bookcase or set of shelves!

This project compares the strength of one, two, and three-ply toilet paper.

This Thanksgiving, make a pine cone turkey that can double as a personalized place setting for each family member.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

The kitchen can be a favorite place for kids. And cooking helps them develop valuable skills-- from eye-hand coordination, to reading, to math

This variation of Duck, Duck, Goose is played in pairs, which means a lot more activity for participants!

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.