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Race to double numbers in this competitive card game. Try one-digit or two-digit numbers, or more!

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.

Sharing can be a challenge, and division doubly so! Practice halving numbers in this competitive card game.

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.

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

First grade math includes lots of work with two-digit numbers. Here's an activity to help kids practice recognizing and sequencing numbers from 1-30.

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

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

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?

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.

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

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

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

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

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Add these fun chocolate Groundhog Day cupcakes to your holiday desert recipe repertoire! They're fun to make with your kids and a delicious winter snack.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

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

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

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!

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