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.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

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

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

Use playing cards to learn about temperature as well as positive and negative integers in this fourth grade math game.

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.

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

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.

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!

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.

Most parents probably wouldn't mind subtracting 8-9 years off their age. Here's a fun third grade subtraction activity that may do just that.

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!

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.

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.

Use this fun math board game to improve your first grader's confidence with addition facts.

Multiplication facts are a necessary skill, and this board game provides a fun way for your third grader to practice them!

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

First graders will love practicing addition with this fun math game.

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

Hone observational skills and introduce the basics of data interpretation with this data gathering activity all about the different colors people wear.

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

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

Try this fun math card game with your third grader to practice division, addition, and problem solving!

Learn about borrowing in subtraction using a deck of cards and a die! Your first grader will have fun playing this math game.

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

This fun math card game is a great opportunity to discuss probability with your third grader.

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

Invite your second grader to help you measure and mix these fresh, cool concoctions!

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

Have some fun with your first or second grader, looking for creative ways that 100 cents can make $1.00!