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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

Coil your daughter's two favorite colors into a wearable pendant with just a few scraps of felt!

Your child can make a sweet and savory spinach strawberry salad; two ingredients that come together for a light and fresh summer dish!

Have a kid who loves to bead, but can't seem to keep them all in one place? Use those loose beads to craft a decorative wind chime.

Milk is made of water and fat; but how can you separate the two? Find out in this color changing milk experiment.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will write loving kindness notes to place around the home to serve as a reminder (for themselves and others) to see the goodness within themselves.

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.