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

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Take paper football to the next level by creating a "field" with objects from around the house. A great indoor and rainy-day activity.

Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Here's a pumpkin nut bread recipe that makes for a wonderful project on a crisp autumn afternoon.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

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.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills! 

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!