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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.

This St. Patrick's day, stretch your third grader's social studies and math skills with this fun, cooperative learning game.

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

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

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!

Is your third grader bombing around on a bike these days? Here's a way to put all that fun time together with some math learning, too.

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 this delicious warm apple bread for Hanukkah.

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

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.

Try this recipe with your child and explore Ethiopia through one of its dietary staples: injera, or flat bread!

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

Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!

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

Math Facts Game: A mix of musical chairs and Twister meets math. Nipping multiplication problems in the bud was never this much fun!

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!