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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.

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

Weave a unique ribbon pattern! This fun arts and crafts activity is a great way to make colorful projects and learn basic math and art skills.

Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!

Make math fun for your child by turning it into a game and challenging him to beat the calculator with this cool math race!

This game provides your child with the opportunity to create, write, and read numbers.

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.

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

This caterpillar math game gets your child to work on addition and subtraction. Challenge your child's math prowess with this fast-paced caterpillar math game.

Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

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! 

If you love the idea of handing out holiday tins of homemade cookies but you're not a baker, chocolate-covered apples are the perfect solution.

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!

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.

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

Celebrate Easter, or just about any day, with a candy necklace. Grab your favorite candies, a string of yarn and get ready to make a yummy, colorful treat!

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

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

Practice your addition and subtraction in this card game. Disclose is a math activity any first or second grader will love!

If your 2nd grade child asks for time often, encourage him to read time on his own by talking about time throughout the day.

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

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

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

Finding the greatest number is great math practice! This strategic card game will help reinforce the concept of number value as well as addition facts.

Add simple fractions in this fun math card game for second graders. This game is very similar to Blackjack, or 21, but it's entirely kid friendly!

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

This heart paper chain is the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Include some decorations in a simple AB pattern and work on pattern recognition.

Work on simple addition and finding even numbers in this first grade math card game.