These Thanksgiving place cards are a fun turkey-twist on traditional place markers. Make a set of these Thanksgiving place cards with your child this November.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Try this fun math card game and practice place value with your second grader! Decide which number is bigger in order to earn points!

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

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

Your child will be cheering for 8s and 9s as she tries to create a larger number than her competitors. Whoever ends up with the largest number wins!

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

Teach your child about the art of ancient Australia by creating your own handprint art just like Aboriginal artists did thousands of years ago.

Okay, identifying place value isn't as fun as eating ice cream, but with a few index cards and a competitive spirit, it can be disguised a game!

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.

Here's an Easter themed math game to reinforce your child's logical reasoning and place value skills.

This Thanksgiving, make a pine cone turkey that can double as a personalized place setting for each family member.

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Based on the popular "I Spy" game, this activity lets your kid practice important skills like number identification and place value.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

The kitchen can be a favorite place for kids. And cooking helps them develop valuable skills-- from eye-hand coordination, to reading, to math

Arrange a cluster of glittering pumpkins on your dining table or use them as individual place cards to add a little sparkle to your next fall party.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

Have a kid who loves to bead, but can't seem to keep them all in one place? Use those loose beads to craft a decorative wind chime.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will write loving kindness notes to place around the home to serve as a reminder (for themselves and others) to see the goodness within themselves.

Help your first grader understand what a noun is with this fun photo book that catalogs her favorite people, places, and things!

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

Set your child's creative spirit free with heart art! He'll experiment placing hearts in patterns, designs, and configurations to make this 'heartfelt' art.

This game provides your child with the opportunity to create, write, and read numbers.

Instead of heading to the craft store, take a step back in time and restock your art supply with this easy recipe for homemade ink.

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

Collect meteorite dust with a magnet in your very own backyard! The objective of this science fair project is to gather meteorite dust to study outer space.

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.