1st and 2nd Grade Math Activities : Page 2

Simple and straightforward, this money math game helps kids practice counting, adding change, and working with decimals.

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

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

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!

Help your first grader, second grader, or third grader boost his addition skills and math vocabulary with this fun summer game Ice Cream Addition!

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

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

A food groups plate shows your child what category her foods belong in. Make a food groups plate with your child before dinnertime.

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

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

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

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

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.

Play this "subtraction war" card game with your second grader and watch his math facts mastery leap forward!

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

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

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

During the Passover Seder, many Jewish families pour a cup of red wine for Elijah. This year, help your child create his own welcoming glass for Elijah.

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

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Have your kid practice completing number patterns and then create her own patterns on the wings of a butterfly with this delightfully simple paper project.

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

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

In this fun math activity, second graders will learn to estimate items in a jar! 

Trying to find sums of groups of multiples is a great way to practice your addition. Be sure to double check your work. If you clear all of the cards, you win!

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

Find sums of 10 in this fun first-grade math card game that helps kids build addition skills. Help your child use critical thinking skills to find the sums.

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practice her math skills by playing this fun game with her.

The Math Monster will save your second grader from repetitive math flashcards. Guessing mystery math facts is a fun way for him to polish arithmetic skills!