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.

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

Looking for a cool game to help your first grader learn her 11s? Look no further than this clever one-person card game.

Create equations in this strategic math card game. Your second or third grader can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in a new way!

Practice addition with your child in a whole new way when you battle to defend your cards in this competitive game. Math has never been so fun!

These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!

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

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

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

First graders spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Your child will need to combine his sporty hand-eye coordination skills with his math skills to become the bullseye king.

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

Try this fun math card game and practice place value with your second grader! Decide which number is bigger in order to earn points!

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

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.

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.

Shake those dice and try to roll big numbers in this first grade math game. Practice addition in a new, fun way!

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

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.

This fun game helps children learn to estimate the most basic unit of time--a minute--without a clock.

Practice subtraction with your second grader in this fun dice game. Math concepts have never been more fun!

This unique Santa is made only from circles. Your little one will have a fantastic time puzzling together Santa's face with this circle-centric 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.

Take paper football to the next level by creating a "field" with objects from around the house. A great indoor and rainy-day activity.

First grade math includes lots of work with two-digit numbers. Here's an activity to help kids practice recognizing and sequencing numbers from 1-30.