1st - 3rd Grade Math Activities

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Give your child some practice with even numbers, while creating a cute Christmas keepsake. Create this skip counting book.

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.

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

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

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

Teach your third grader about the concepts money and purchasing with this "Mock Card Shop" activity.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

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

Here's a math activity that uses coin riddles to help your third-grader improve his coin-counting and logical thinking skills.

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

Celebrate 100 fantastic days of school by creating a school-themed collage with 100 pieces in this unique arts and crafts activity.

Math Facts Game: A mix of musical chairs and Twister meets math. Nipping multiplication problems in the bud was never this much fun!

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

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

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.

Practice conversions within the metric system in this fun math card game for third graders.

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

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

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

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

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

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.