Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

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.

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.

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Simple and straightforward, this money math game helps kids practice counting, adding change, and working with decimals.

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

Does your second grader want to learn a magic trick? Here is a simple trick using only 3 dice and a little bit of addition and subtraction.

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

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

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

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

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

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.

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!

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

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

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

Help your child sharpen time skills by creating a special day and charting each part in a detailed schedule.

Add simple fractions in this fun math card game for second graders. This game is very similar to Blackjack, or 21, but it's entirely kid friendly!

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

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

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

In this fun math activity, second graders will learn to estimate items in a jar! 

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

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

Play this "subtraction war" card game with your second grader and watch his math facts mastery leap forward!

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!

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

Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.