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Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

During the Passover Seder, many Jewish families pour a cup of red wine for Elijah. This year, help your child create his own welcoming glass for Elijah.

Turn learning fractions into a pizza party in this fun second grade math game.

Learning to count change can be tough! Help your child become a master money-counter with this simple game.

Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practice her math skills by playing this fun game with her.

Check out this simple version of a pairs game that's played all over the world. It's a great way to practice estimating and predicting mathematical outcomes.

Help your child sharpen time skills by creating a special day and charting each part in a detailed schedule.

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

This pumpkin dessert recipe tastes like pie but looks like a no-bake cookie.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

Does your second grader want to learn a magic trick? Here is a simple trick using only 3 dice and a little bit of addition and subtraction.

Here's an Easter themed math game to reinforce your child's logical reasoning and place value skills.

Engage your children with this fun fall activity that integrates math and science. First, your child will excavate to find leaves. Next, they'll examine them to determine the colors. Then, your child will graph their findings.

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

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

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

This game provides your child with the opportunity to create, write, and read numbers.

Based on the popular "I Spy" game, this activity lets your kid practice important skills like number identification and place value.

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

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

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!

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child the helpful strategy of adding quickly to 10 in this fun and easy-to-make card game!