Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

Here's an idea for an edible Father's Day "note" that also happens to give your second grader practice in using a fancy new tool: the thesaurus.

This balloon-powered car project is a great way for your kid to learn about energy and how it can be used efficiently.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

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

Play this daily money game with your 2nd grade child to help his math skills.

In this arts and crafts activity, you can make fun bracelets using just a handful of buttons and some elastic cord. And it's a counting game, too!

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

Prepare your child for winter with a fake igloo and a list of cozy and chilly vocabulary words.

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

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! 

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

Homophones are those tricky little words that tend to confound early learners. Help your second grader ace the challenge with this outdoor game.

This year on Mother's Day, here's a gift that builds vocabulary while bringing a smile to Mom's face!

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

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

Palindromes are a fun and silly way to practice writing skills. Challenge your child to come up with as many palindromes as she can in this crazy activity!

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

In this activity, your student will be invited to build a chair out of building blocks that is designed to meet the specific size and shape of a small doll or toy figure.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

Help your child get more comfortable with rhyme schemes with The Bear in Despair by Amanda Bray Cody.

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

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.

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

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

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.