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.

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 fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

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

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

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.

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

Want to make sure you raise a money-savvy kid? Start him out right with this activity that hides valuable math skills within a fun grocery store game.

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.

Help your child "step up" to second grade math fact challenges with a fun addition and subtraction game in your very own kitchen.

Build this game, and give your kid some hands-on practice ordering numbers. Soon your first grade kid will be Master of the number line!

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.

Engage your children with this fun fall activity that integrates math and science. First, your child will excavate to find leaves. Next, they'll examine them to determine the colors. Then, your child will graph their findings.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

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.

Your first grader will love this addition challenge! Roll dice and keep a running total as you try to achieve the highest score.

Think you need a special dehydrator to make your own fruit leather? You can actually make a delicious version of this popular kid's snack in your own oven.

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

Want to make math a little more exciting? This single-player game is designed to help your child practice combining cards to create sums of 14.

Review fractions with your budding mathematician when you play this fun, educational math board game.

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

Give your smart second grader a rich challenge with this activity that combines graphing practice with money!

Try this fun addition game with your second grader! Arrange playing cards to find the largest possible sums.

Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!

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

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

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

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

This Christmas plate features your child's favorite holiday things through drawings. Make a Christmas plate with your child this holiday season.