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Graph are a great way to organize information. Your child will get to practice graphing by creating a bar graph and a pictorial graph of her friend's names.

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

This St. Patrick's day, stretch your third grader's social studies and math skills with this fun, cooperative learning game.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

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

Play this fun game with your kindergarten or first grader. It's a great way to practice important math skills, including counting and addition.

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.

Trying to find sums of groups of multiples is a great way to practice your addition. Be sure to double check your work. If you clear all of the cards, you win!

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

Help your first grader, second grader, or third grader boost his addition skills and math vocabulary with this fun summer game Ice Cream Addition!

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

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

Expand on your childâs time-telling skills by helping him learn how an analog clock and a digital clock correspond.

A food groups plate shows your child what category her foods belong in. Make a food groups plate with your child before dinnertime.

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

Play this "subtraction war" card game with your second grader and watch his math facts mastery leap forward!

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.

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

Make math fun for your child by turning it into a game and challenging him to beat the calculator with this cool math race!

Check out this simple version of a pairs game that's played all over the world. It's a great way to practice estimating and predicting mathematical outcomes.

Practice of math facts is usually limited to drill sheets and flashcards. But kids are more likely to tune in to math facts if practice is presented as a game!

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Help your child apply his math skills the next time you cook a family meal similar to one you'd buy at a restaurant.

If your 2nd grade child asks for time often, encourage him to read time on his own by talking about time throughout the day.

Create equations in this strategic math card game. Your second or third grader can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in a new way!

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practice her math skills by playing this fun game with her.