1st - 5th Grade Math Activities

Science fair project in which you will examine how crystals are formed by creating your own crystal using charcoal briquettes, salt, and ammonia.

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

Competitors go head-to-head only this time it's a race to figure out the lowest common multiple of two numbers; an important step to working with fractions!

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

Play multiplication war, a fun card game, with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.

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.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

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.

Simplify fractions with your child in this fast-paced math card game.

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.

Little scientists will make inferences about hearing loss, pitch, and frequency in this great science fair idea that puts the human ear to the test.

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.

Does your fifth grader need a study buddy for geometry? Forget about a tutor. Help him make his own geometry dictionary!

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?

Try a new approach to working with variables and equations by playing this tic-tac-toe game with your math student.

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

In this science fair project, we learn how air molecules move as a result of density, convection, and air currents.

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.