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Use familiar household items and decorations to turn estimation into a fun game!

Here's a hands-on activity you can do with your fourth-grader to practice measurement and directly apply the concept of area.

Try this entertaining and educational math activity that will teach your child how to add and subtract decimals.

Here's an activity that will get your child's attention with a back-to-school shopping spree. He'll use decimal skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide!

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!

Most parents probably wouldn't mind subtracting 8-9 years off their age. Here's a fun third grade subtraction activity that may do just that.

Here's an interactive, fast-paced game that will make your fifth grader feel more comfortable with simple equations.

This hands-on activity gives your child an opportunity to apply various strategies to solve a problem and to check if his answer makes sense.

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

This science fair project idea explores whether boiling and freezing water will have an effect on how much it weighs.

Teach your kid a fun mathematical magic trick! All you'll need is a deck of cards and basic addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills.

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

Kids will get a kick out of shopping for discounted "kicks" with this creative math game that focuses on percentages.

Nothing chases the blues away like a trip to the boardwalk. Bring the fun home with this do-it-yourself version that sneaks in some math practice.

This entertaining magic trick will 'trick' kids into using math skill to impress their friends!

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

This decimal game is a great way to help your child get familiar with how decimal values work.

In this activity, your child will get a review of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using classic domino pieces.

Engage your third-grader in this version of the classic game and she will get lots of practice using mental math to solve addition and subtraction problems.

Use the holiday gift giving season as an excuse to give your fourth grader a valuable lesson in making and keeping a budget!

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore the risk of mechanical deterioration of artifacts placed in a storage box due to mold outbreaks.