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

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

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.

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

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

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

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

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!

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

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

Turn learning fractions into a pizza party in this fun second grade math 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!

Invite your second grader to help you measure and mix these fresh, cool concoctions!

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

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

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

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

Pfeffernusse are spicy and sweet Christmas cookies from Germany. Make a batch of traditional pfeffernusse this holiday season.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.