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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.

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.

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

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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.

Looking for a fun way for your child to practice the basics of addition, subtraction, and multiplication? Look no further than this fun card game!

What's my number? Go ahead and guess! This logic game focuses on number sense that suits all ability levels, as players' questions can be simple or complex.

Try this fun addition game with your second grader! Arrange playing cards to find the largest possible sums.

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!

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.

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

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child some helpful strategies with this spin off of the traditional "Go Fish" game.

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

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.

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

Have your kid practice completing number patterns and then create her own patterns on the wings of a butterfly with this delightfully simple paper project.

This game provides your child with the opportunity to create, write, and read numbers.

Playing the Number Sentence Game with your child gives him the opportunity to practice ordering and comparing numbers using symbols.

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

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

Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!

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

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

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

Okay, identifying place value isn't as fun as eating ice cream, but with a few index cards and a competitive spirit, it can be disguised a game!

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

Based on the popular "I Spy" game, this activity lets your kid practice important skills like number identification and place value.

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

This recipes is so easy your child gets to be master chef for this kitchen activity. He'll bake peanut butter banana oatmeal cookies that happen to be vegan!