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This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

Reuse old cardboard boxes and popsicle sticks to create a miniature sled that is perfect for pretend play with dolls or action figures.

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

Using nothing fancier than old milk cartons and popsicle sticks, create a village full of fun learning for your kindergarten math student.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

In this activity, students build a house of sticks, just like the second little pig in the classic story, The Three Little Pigs. Then, they program an educational robot to push down the house, much like the wolf who “blows the house down.”

Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

Here is an activity that your kids can make for Mother's Day, a garden pot filled with edible "flowers".

Pfeffernusse are spicy and sweet Christmas cookies from Germany. Make a batch of traditional pfeffernusse this holiday season.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

The Kindergarten Personal Record Book makes measurement fun & active! Kids record their vital statistics from head to toe using unusual tools like paper clips.

If you love the idea of handing out holiday tins of homemade cookies but you're not a baker, chocolate-covered apples are the perfect solution.

These pretzel reindeer cookies are a great holiday recipe for kids to make. Rudolph and the whole gang agree!

This pumpkin dessert recipe tastes like pie but looks like a no-bake cookie.

Invite your second grader to help you measure and mix these fresh, cool concoctions!

This fall, bake some festive caramel apple cupcakes with your second grader and help her build her math skills while you're at it!

Your child will enjoy getting math practice as they use bugs in addition and subtraction problems.

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time