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

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.

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

These sparkling earrings look fancy but they're super simple to make using inexpensive craft items.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

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

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

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Here's a simple math activity that has your child using her basic addition facts to solve a secret code.

Got a kid who loves fashion? Help her develop her own unique style with this tie-dye project using natural dyes.

This cool science fair project teaches kids about temperature, density and buoyancy using balloons that float with normal air. No helium required!

This entertaining magic trick will 'trick' kids into using math skill to impress their friends!

Create addition problems using critical thinking skills in this fun second grade math card game.

In this simple math activity, your young learner will compare two types of Valentine's Day candy using a Venn diagram.

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

In this activity, your child will get a review of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using classic domino pieces.

Get ready to make a dollar...using playing cards! The first player to accumulate the amount of points equal to a dollar wins.

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

Create a fun hands-on game to practice long division, using magnetic numbers on a fridge.

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

Celebrate the 100th day of school by making a unique work of art using 100 colorful pom poms in this fun kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

Does your second grader want to learn a magic trick? Here is a simple trick using only 3 dice and a little bit of addition and subtraction.

Science fair project in which you will examine how crystals are formed by creating your own crystal using charcoal briquettes, salt, and ammonia.

Play a math logic and critical thinking game using a deck of cards. Use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in this fun activity.

Learn about borrowing in subtraction using a deck of cards and a die! Your first grader will have fun playing this math game.

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

Whether the snow is fluffy and soft or icy and hard, a snowman is sure to inspire a smile. No wonder this snowman is so happy—it's made using marshmallows!

Engage your third-grader in this version of the classic game and she will get lots of practice using mental math to solve addition and subtraction problems.