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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!

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.

This spider hat activity challenges your child to learn about spiders and improve fine motor skills. Make a spider hat with your child on Halloween or any time.

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.

Check out this twist on a peanut butter and banana sandwich. The banana replaces the bread to make the perfect fun and nutritious after-school snack.

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

Here's an innovative math puzzle that you can create with your fourth grade math student.

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

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

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

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.

These delicious Easter Basket Cupcakes are a simple, creative holiday treat. These cupcakes sit in waffle bowls with festive coconut grass and jellybean eggs.

Add these fun chocolate Groundhog Day cupcakes to your holiday desert recipe repertoire! They're fun to make with your kids and a delicious winter snack.

This project commemorates the milestone of completing the first 100 days of school, while giving your child a manipulative to practice counting to 100.

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

Here is an activity that your kids can make for Mother's Day, a garden pot filled with edible "flowers".

Help your daughter organize all of her barrettes with this fun and colorful activity!

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.

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

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

Make caterpillars out of papier-mache and let the kids explore their inner creepy crawler.

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

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

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

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

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?

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Play this fun game with your kindergarten or first grader. It's a great way to practice important math skills, including counting and addition.

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