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.

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

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

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!

Make this easy recipe for Halloween, featuring white chocolate and pretzels, for a crispy, creepy treat!

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

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

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!

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.

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

Play a game of "restaurant" to reinforce real-world applications of counting and using money.

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

Work on simple addition and finding even numbers in this second-grade math card game.

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

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

This pumpkin dessert recipe tastes like pie but looks like a no-bake cookie.

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.

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

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

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.

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.

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

Practice subtraction with your second grader in this fun dice game. Math concepts have never been more fun!

If your 2nd grade child asks for time often, encourage him to read time on his own by talking about time throughout the day.

Teach your young academic about counting and clocks with a tasty treat!

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

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.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.