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.

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

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

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

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

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