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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.

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

Practice conversions within the metric system in this fun math card game for third graders.

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.

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

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

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

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

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!

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

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

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

What keeps a an item cooler, polymer crystals or ice? Find out in this cool science experiment!

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

Encourage your child to compare and contrast a wide variety of autumn-themed items by weighing various objects and recording their findings.

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

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

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

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

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.