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Thanksgiving is a time to be with loved ones. It's also a time to chow down! Need help in the kitchen? There's no better helper than an avid fourth grader.

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

Use familiar household items and decorations to turn estimation into a fun game!

Play tic-tac-toe and help your kid memorize multiplication facts!

Here's a hands-on activity you can do with your fourth-grader to practice measurement and directly apply the concept of area.

These sparkling earrings look fancy but they're super simple to make using inexpensive craft items.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

This fun geometry game requires players to use measurement, find perimeter, and draw polygons. It's great for a fourth grade math student!

Try this recipe with your child and explore Ethiopia through one of its dietary staples: injera, or flat bread!

How does frost form? How fast does it form? Do this simple science project using a plastic glass, rock salt and some water to learn about deposition.

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

Why does honey crystallize? This science fair project project answers this question and identifies the variable that makes this sweet solute crystallize faster.