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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.

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

Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

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

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

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!

Take paper football to the next level by creating a "field" with objects from around the house. A great indoor and rainy-day activity.

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

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

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

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.

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

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

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

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

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

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

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

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

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

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!