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Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Your kindergartener will learn basic math concepts and create a beautiful keepsake with this African flag reference book.

Here's an innovative math puzzle that you can create with your fourth grade math student.

This fun game helps children learn to estimate the most basic unit of time--a minute--without a clock.

Learning to identify prime numbers can be tricky. But this fun card game can make memorizing some basic prime numbers a breeze.

Teach your kid a fun mathematical magic trick! All you'll need is a deck of cards and basic addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills.

Playing a tactile game with multiplication will help your child get a better grasp of basic math concepts and transform your kid into a master multiplier.

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.

Find the area in this fun math card game. You'll help your child start thinking in terms of units as you create shapes out of playing cards.

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 heart print makes the perfect simple and sweet gift for Valentine's Day!

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

This fun geometry game requires players to use measurement, find perimeter, and draw polygons. It's great for a fourth grade math student!

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

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

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

In this activity, your child will get a review of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using classic domino pieces.

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

Think you need a special dehydrator to make your own fruit leather? You can actually make a delicious version of this popular kid's snack in your own oven.

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

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

Making decorative pottery is a great way to experiment with making patterns and texture on a traditionally smooth surface.

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

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!

Inspired by the children's book, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, this card brings the spunky spider Charlotte to life!

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.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

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.

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

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!