1st and 2nd Grade Math Activities : Page 4

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

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.

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.

This pumpkin dessert recipe tastes like pie but looks like a no-bake cookie.

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.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

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

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

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!

Compare and order numbers and introduce mathematical inequalities in this fun math card game.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Inspired by the children's book, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, this card brings the spunky spider Charlotte to life!

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.

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

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

Play this daily money game with your 2nd grade child to help his math skills.

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

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.

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

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

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Here's a simple math activity that has your child using her basic addition facts to solve a secret code.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child the helpful strategy of adding quickly to 10 in this fun and easy-to-make card game!

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

Here is an activity that your kids can make for Mother's Day, a garden pot filled with edible "flowers".

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

Based on the popular "I Spy" game, this activity lets your kid practice important skills like number identification and place value.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!