Okay, engaging in a graphing activity may sound ho-hum, but if you use fun data, it changes the picture entirely.

Create a graph based on the interests of family member's to see who has what in common. Your child will practice her math skills and get to know the family!

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

Delay your child's sugar overload, and develop his critical thinking skills, by doing some "sweet sorting" of his Halloween treasures!

When you're studying the Mayflower, numbers can be an important part of the history...and a great chance to practice elementary math!

Hone observational skills and introduce the basics of data interpretation with this data gathering activity all about the different colors people wear.

Graph are a great way to organize information. Your child will get to practice graphing by creating a bar graph and a pictorial graph of her friend's names.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Increase your child's confidence in interpreting bar graphs and throw a little candy into the mix to sweeten the learning process.

Challenge your third-grader to sharpen her new math skills--and maybe do the planet a favor, too.