Try this fun addition game with your second grader! Arrange playing cards to find the largest possible sums.

Playing the Number Sentence Game with your child gives him the opportunity to practice ordering and comparing numbers using symbols.

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

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.

If your 2nd grade child asks for time often, encourage him to read time on his own by talking about time throughout the day.

Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!

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!

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

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.

In this fun math activity, second graders will learn to estimate items in a jar! 

Inspired by the children's book, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, this card brings the spunky spider Charlotte to life!

Your child can brush up on her math skills by charting the length of time that each candle on the menorah takes to burn.

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

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.

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.

If you love the idea of handing out holiday tins of homemade cookies but you're not a baker, chocolate-covered apples are the perfect solution.

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

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.

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

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child some helpful strategies with this spin off of the traditional "Go Fish" game.