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

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.

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

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

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.

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!