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Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

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.

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

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.

Simple and straightforward, this money math game helps kids practice counting, adding change, and working with decimals.

Play a game of "restaurant" to reinforce real-world applications of counting and using money.

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

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

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

This fall, bake some festive caramel apple cupcakes with your second grader and help her build her math skills while you're at it!

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

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

Give your child some practice with even numbers, while creating a cute Christmas keepsake. Create this skip counting book.

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

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

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

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.

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?

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

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

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

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

The Math Monster will save your second grader from repetitive math flashcards. Guessing mystery math facts is a fun way for him to polish arithmetic skills!

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

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!

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

Practice your addition and subtraction in this card game. Disclose is a math activity any first or second grader will love!

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

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

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