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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

Whatever is stacked in your cupboard can be used to help your child learn how to compare fractions and decimals. A great hands-on math lesson!

This pyramid card game is a fun way to help your child learn addition and subtraction. Best of all, itâs quick to set up and easy to play.

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

Help your child "step up" to second grade math fact challenges with a fun addition and subtraction game in your very own kitchen.

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!

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

Learning to count change can be tough! Help your child become a master money-counter with this simple game.

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

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.

Practice conversions within the metric system in this fun math card game for third graders.

This game is a great way to help your child remember the names of shapes. Give it a go and before you know it, your kid will have all her shapes down pat.

Invite your first grader to play this subtraction sacks game to get her actively involved in understanding and memorizing subtraction facts.

Shake those dice and try to roll big numbers in this first grade math game. Practice addition in a new, fun way!

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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.

Finding the greatest number is great math practice! This strategic card game will help reinforce the concept of number value as well as addition facts.