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Give your smart second grader a rich challenge with this activity that combines graphing practice with money!

Okay, engaging in a graphing activity may sound ho-hum, but if you use fun data, it changes the picture entirely.

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

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.

Math Facts Game: A mix of musical chairs and Twister meets math. Nipping multiplication problems in the bud was never this much fun!

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

Most parents probably wouldn't mind subtracting 8-9 years off their age. Here's a fun third grade subtraction activity that may do just that.

Instead of drilling facts, grab sidewalk chalk and head outside for a rousing game of this Math Run game. Play the Math Run game with your child.

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

Engage your children with this fun fall activity that integrates math and science. First, your child will excavate to find leaves. Next, they'll examine them to determine the colors. Then, your child will graph their findings.

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

Hone observational skills and introduce the basics of data interpretation with this data gathering activity all about the different colors people wear.

Your child can brush up on her math skills by charting the length of time that each candle on the menorah takes to burn.

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

What's your problem? I'll show you my math if you show me yours! Critical thinking and computation skills are the focus of this strategic math card game.

Play tic-tac-toe and help your kid memorize multiplication facts!

Create a graph based on the interests of family member's to see who has what in common. Your child will practice her math skills and get to know the family!

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!

Play this daily money game with your 2nd grade child to help his math skills.

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

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

It's important to be able to add and subtract quickly and accurately, and this activity is the perfect way to practice.

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

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

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.

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

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.