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Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

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

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!

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.

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

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

First graders spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

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

Most parents probably wouldn't mind subtracting 8-9 years off their age. Here's a fun third grade subtraction activity that may do just that.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

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!

Create a counting book, in order from 1-30, to help your child figure out a variety of ways of recognizing and representing numbers.

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

Put your kid in charge of her own survey! She'll poll her relatives and friends, collect information, and then create a colorful chart to display her findings.

Celebrate 100 fantastic days of school by creating a school-themed collage with 100 pieces in this unique arts and crafts activity.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Guessing is more than pure fun, it's also a key part of kindergarten math. Here's a fun way to bring estimation to the breakfast table.

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Play a game of "restaurant" to reinforce real-world applications of counting and using money.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

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

What keeps a an item cooler, polymer crystals or ice? Find out in this cool science experiment!

Help your kindergartener practice his shape recognition and develop his fine motor skills by making a scarecrow at home.

Analyze this simple betting game with your fourth grade student in order to discuss probability.

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

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