Worksheets and activities to keep kids busy (and sharp) over winter break: grades 4-6
Keep your child's brain actively engaged while school's out with these fun reading, math, science, and art activities.
Articles about:Fifth grade and math
Sock Probability
How you can help at home: Have your child explore probability with socks.
Smart money: 7 ways to raise a financially literate child
With schools focused on core subjects, there isn't a lot of room for teaching financial literacy. If you want your child to be smart about money, it's up to you.
Recipe ratios
How you can help at home: In this math activity your child learns about proportion and ratios while following a recipe.
Guess what?
These fun games are perfect for those long car rides.
Raising a financially savvy child
Our readers offer their advice about how to teach money management to children.
Raising a financially intelligent child: focus on allowances
The authors of The Financially Intelligent Parent recommend giving your child an allowance - but don't tie it to chores.
Be a travel agent
How you can help at home: Have your child plan a real or virtual trip - budget and all.
Act like an architect: Draw your bedroom
How you can help at home: In this math activity, your child draws his bedroom to scale.
Don't let their brains melt
Avoid summer school (and summer brain drain) with a little e-learning.
