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This fun game helps children learn to estimate the most basic unit of time--a minute--without a clock.

Your kindergartener will learn basic math concepts and create a beautiful keepsake with this African flag reference book.

Learning to identify prime numbers can be tricky. But this fun card game can make memorizing some basic prime numbers a breeze.

Teach your kid a fun mathematical magic trick! All you'll need is a deck of cards and basic addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills.

Playing a tactile game with multiplication will help your child get a better grasp of basic math concepts and transform your kid into a master multiplier.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

This experiment examines whether storing your orange juice at different temperatures affects its acidity.

These sparkling earrings look fancy but they're super simple to make using inexpensive craft items.

This science fair project idea explores whether factors such as temperature and concentration affect the pH of a solution.

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

Help your child "step up" to second grade math fact challenges with a fun addition and subtraction game in your very own kitchen.

In this activity, your child will get a review of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using classic domino pieces.

Make math fun for your child by turning it into a game and challenging him to beat the calculator with this cool math race!

Thanksgiving is a time to be with loved ones. It's also a time to chow down! Need help in the kitchen? There's no better helper than an avid fourth grader.

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.

Competitors go head-to-head only this time it's a race to figure out the lowest common multiple of two numbers; an important step to working with fractions!

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

Have your child observe, measure and record the amount of space objects occupy, and you'll have an inside space explorer on your hands in no time!

This heart print makes the perfect simple and sweet gift for Valentine's Day!

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

For a fun activity that takes the dull out of decimals, show you child how to gain a better understanding of decimals...as dollar amounts!

Trying to find sums of groups of multiples is a great way to practice your addition. Be sure to double check your work. If you clear all of the cards, you win!

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

You've heard the expression "burn rubber" but do you know how heat affects rubber? Examine the impact of temperature on rubber in this fun science experiment.

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