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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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