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.

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

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!

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

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

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.

Delay your child's sugar overload, and develop his critical thinking skills, by doing some "sweet sorting" of his Halloween treasures!

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

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

In this fun math activity, second graders will learn to estimate items in a jar! 

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

Teach your third grader about the concepts money and purchasing with this "Mock Card Shop" activity.

Try this entertaining and educational math activity that will teach your child how to add and subtract decimals.

Give your smart second grader a rich challenge with this activity that combines graphing practice with money!

It's important to be able to add and subtract quickly and accurately, and this activity is the perfect way to practice.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

This activity will help your child tackle those tricky fraction word problems by way of a hands-on method.

Okay, engaging in a graphing activity may sound ho-hum, but if you use fun data, it changes the picture entirely.

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

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

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

Here's a simple math activity that has your child using her basic addition facts to solve a secret code.

This footwear-focused activity introduces fractions as part of a set and it's the perfect way to generate excitement about fraction concepts.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

In this matching activity, your kid will match the clock faces representing analog time with the numeric readings representing digital time.

Hone observational skills and introduce the basics of data interpretation with this data gathering activity all about the different colors people wear.

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

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

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

With this fun craft activity, your child can design and "make" his own money, for use as currency and math practice at home.