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.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

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

These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!

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.

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

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Use empty soda bottles to create a fun bowling set that helps your first grader practice addition skills!

Invite your first grader to play this subtraction sacks game to get her actively involved in understanding and memorizing subtraction facts.

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

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

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

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

Help your first grader, second grader, or third grader boost his addition skills and math vocabulary with this fun summer game Ice Cream Addition!

Challenge your 1st grader to skip count with this sequence game. Help him find missing numbers by figuring out the pattern and building on math skills!

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

Looking for a cool game to help your first grader learn her 11s? Look no further than this clever one-person card game.

Practice addition with your child in a whole new way when you battle to defend your cards in this competitive game. Math has never been so fun!

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

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

Celebrate Easter, or just about any day, with a candy necklace. Grab your favorite candies, a string of yarn and get ready to make a yummy, colorful treat!

Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!

First graders spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

Your child will need to combine his sporty hand-eye coordination skills with his math skills to become the bullseye king.

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

Finding the greatest number is great math practice! This strategic card game will help reinforce the concept of number value as well as addition facts.

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.

Shake those dice and try to roll big numbers in this first grade math game. Practice addition in a new, fun way!