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Help cement the concept of place value with this simple activity that involves creating a set of dials made from Styrofoam cups.

This heart print makes the perfect simple and sweet gift for Valentine's Day!

This activity is a great starting point for practicing mental math because it is quick, easy and involves only simple addition facts.

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!

These delicious Easter Basket Cupcakes are a simple, creative holiday treat. These cupcakes sit in waffle bowls with festive coconut grass and jellybean eggs.

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.

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

Calling all power-shoppers! This game is a fun way for kids to learn life skills, and flex their math muscles at the same time.

Is your third grader bombing around on a bike these days? Here's a way to put all that fun time together with some math learning, too.

Most timeline activities are all about history. Make timelines more relevant and personal for your child by focusing on the hours and minutes of his day.

This pyramid card game is a fun way to help your child learn addition and subtraction. Best of all, itâs quick to set up and easy to play.

Homemade Halloween treats make great party foods for an All Hallow's Eve get together. These four homemade Halloween treats are scary-good.

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

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!

Try this fun math card game with your third grader to practice division, addition, and problem solving!

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

This little chick is so cute that your child will want to make a whole flock to call her own.

This science fair project looks one of the most important factors affecting seed germination: water. A fun and easy plant biology experiment for 3rd graders.

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.

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

Getting kids to memorize their times tables can be worse than pulling teeth. Sweeten the deal with this activity that combines math and sugar.

Here's a super fun game to get in some place value practice with your child!

Your kindergartener will learn basic math concepts and create a beautiful keepsake with this African flag reference book.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Probability can be a tough concept to master. Try playing this fun card game in order to help your third grader understand it a little better.

Multiplication facts are a necessary skill, and this board game provides a fun way for your third grader to practice them!

Making decorative pottery is a great way to experiment with making patterns and texture on a traditionally smooth surface.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

This kinesthetic game will help your child practice rounding and get the adrenaline rushing!