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Most parents probably wouldn't mind subtracting 8-9 years off their age. Here's a fun third grade subtraction activity that may do just that.

Here's a fun, geometric puzzle activity that will capture your child's interest and strengthen his number awareness and graphing skills.

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

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

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

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

When you're studying the Mayflower, numbers can be an important part of the history...and a great chance to practice elementary math!

Challenge your third-grader to sharpen her new math skills--and maybe do the planet a favor, too.

Increase your child's confidence in interpreting bar graphs and throw a little candy into the mix to sweeten the learning process.

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

Your child can brush up on her math skills by charting the length of time that each candle on the menorah takes to burn.

Analyze this simple betting game with your fourth grade student in order to discuss probability.

Graph are a great way to organize information. Your child will get to practice graphing by creating a bar graph and a pictorial graph of her friend's names.

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

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.

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

Check out this dice game perfect for teaching your savvy kid the fundamentals of probability.

Create a graph based on the interests of family member's to see who has what in common. Your child will practice her math skills and get to know the family!

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