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Slap It!: An Odds and Evens Card Game
Slap It!: An Odds and Evens Card Game
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Slap It!: An Odds and Evens Card Game
First Grade
Numbers and Counting
This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.
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Slap It!: An Odds and Evens Card Game
Slap It!: An Odds and Evens Card Game
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Slap It!: An Odds and Evens Card Game
This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.
First Grade
Numbers and Counting
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How to Make a Paper Snowflake
How to Make a Paper Snowflake
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How to Make a Paper Snowflake
First Grade
Measurement
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.
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How to Make a Paper Snowflake
How to Make a Paper Snowflake
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How to Make a Paper Snowflake
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.
First Grade
Measurement
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Halloween Party Game
Halloween Party Game
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Halloween Party Game
First Grade
Addition
Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.
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Halloween Party Game
Halloween Party Game
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Halloween Party Game
Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.
First Grade
Addition
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Spider Web Shapes
Spider Web Shapes
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Spider Web Shapes
Pre-K
Geometry
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.
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Spider Web Shapes
Spider Web Shapes
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Spider Web Shapes
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.
Pre-K
Geometry
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100 Days of School Project
100 Days of School Project
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100 Days of School Project
First Grade
Place Value
Celebrate 100 fantastic days of school by creating a school-themed collage with 100 pieces in this unique arts and crafts activity.
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100 Days of School Project
100 Days of School Project
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100 Days of School Project
Celebrate 100 fantastic days of school by creating a school-themed collage with 100 pieces in this unique arts and crafts activity.
First Grade
Place Value
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Sorting and Ordering: Collect Autumn Leaves!
Sorting and Ordering: Collect Autumn Leaves!
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Sorting and Ordering: Collect Autumn Leaves!
Pre-K
Measurement
Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.
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Sorting and Ordering: Collect Autumn Leaves!
Sorting and Ordering: Collect Autumn Leaves!
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Sorting and Ordering: Collect Autumn Leaves!
Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.
Pre-K
Measurement
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Create a Rainbow of Healthy Food
Create a Rainbow of Healthy Food
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Create a Rainbow of Healthy Food
Pre-K
Data and Graphing
Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!
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Create a Rainbow of Healthy Food
Create a Rainbow of Healthy Food
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Create a Rainbow of Healthy Food
Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!
Pre-K
Data and Graphing
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Making Measurements: How Big is Your Hand?
Making Measurements: How Big is Your Hand?
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Making Measurements: How Big is Your Hand?
First Grade
Measurement
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.
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Making Measurements: How Big is Your Hand?
Making Measurements: How Big is Your Hand?
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Making Measurements: How Big is Your Hand?
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.
First Grade
Measurement
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Earth: More Land or More Water?
Earth: More Land or More Water?
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Earth: More Land or More Water?
First Grade
Place Value
Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?
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Earth: More Land or More Water?
Earth: More Land or More Water?
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Earth: More Land or More Water?
Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?
First Grade
Place Value
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Make a Clock!
Make a Clock!
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Make a Clock!
First Grade
Time and Money
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.
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Make a Clock!
Make a Clock!
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Make a Clock!
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.
First Grade
Time and Money
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Dissolving Packing Peanuts
Dissolving Packing Peanuts
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Dissolving Packing Peanuts
First Grade
Measurement
Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.
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Dissolving Packing Peanuts
Dissolving Packing Peanuts
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Dissolving Packing Peanuts
Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.
First Grade
Measurement
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Play Popsicle Math
Play Popsicle Math
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Play Popsicle Math
First Grade
Addition
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!
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Play Popsicle Math
Play Popsicle Math
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Play Popsicle Math
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 Grade
Addition
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Heart Paper Chain
Heart Paper Chain
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Heart Paper Chain
First Grade
Patterns
This heart paper chain is the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Include some decorations in a simple AB pattern and work on pattern recognition.
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Heart Paper Chain
Heart Paper Chain
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Heart Paper Chain
This heart paper chain is the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Include some decorations in a simple AB pattern and work on pattern recognition.
First Grade
Patterns
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Make a Winter Weather Pictograph
Make a Winter Weather Pictograph
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Make a Winter Weather Pictograph
First Grade
Data and Graphing
Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.
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Make a Winter Weather Pictograph
Make a Winter Weather Pictograph
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Make a Winter Weather Pictograph
Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.
First Grade
Data and Graphing
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Caterpillar Math Game
Caterpillar Math Game
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Caterpillar Math Game
First Grade
Addition
This caterpillar math game gets your child to work on addition and subtraction. Challenge your child's math prowess with this fast-paced caterpillar math game.
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Caterpillar Math Game
Caterpillar Math Game
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Caterpillar Math Game
This caterpillar math game gets your child to work on addition and subtraction. Challenge your child's math prowess with this fast-paced caterpillar math game.
First Grade
Addition
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Potato Maze: Make a Plant Obstacle Course!
Potato Maze: Make a Plant Obstacle Course!
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Potato Maze: Make a Plant Obstacle Course!
Kindergarten
Measurement
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.
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Potato Maze: Make a Plant Obstacle Course!
Potato Maze: Make a Plant Obstacle Course!
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Potato Maze: Make a Plant Obstacle Course!
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.
Kindergarten
Measurement
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Exercise...with Dice!
Exercise...with Dice!
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Exercise...with Dice!
First Grade
Numbers and Counting
Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.
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Exercise...with Dice!
Exercise...with Dice!
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Exercise...with Dice!
Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.
First Grade
Numbers and Counting
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Crystal Wonderland
Crystal Wonderland
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Crystal Wonderland
First Grade
Measurement
The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.
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Crystal Wonderland
Crystal Wonderland
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Crystal Wonderland
The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.
First Grade
Measurement
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Clover Clock
Clover Clock
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Clover Clock
First Grade
Time and Money
Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.
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Clover Clock
Clover Clock
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Clover Clock
Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.
First Grade
Time and Money
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Indoor Gardening with Kitchen Waste
Indoor Gardening with Kitchen Waste
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Indoor Gardening with Kitchen Waste
Pre-K
Measurement
Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.
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Indoor Gardening with Kitchen Waste
Indoor Gardening with Kitchen Waste
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Indoor Gardening with Kitchen Waste
Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.
Pre-K
Measurement
Activity
Weave Paper Thanksgiving Placemats
Weave Paper Thanksgiving Placemats
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Weave Paper Thanksgiving Placemats
First Grade
Patterns
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.
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Weave Paper Thanksgiving Placemats
Weave Paper Thanksgiving Placemats
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Weave Paper Thanksgiving Placemats
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.
First Grade
Patterns
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Play the Shape Twister Game
Play the Shape Twister Game
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Play the Shape Twister Game
Pre-K
Geometry
This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!
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Play the Shape Twister Game
Play the Shape Twister Game
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Play the Shape Twister Game
This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!
Pre-K
Geometry
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Learn Shadow Science
Learn Shadow Science
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Learn Shadow Science
First Grade
Measurement
Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!
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Learn Shadow Science
Learn Shadow Science
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Learn Shadow Science
Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!
First Grade
Measurement
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Insulation Experiment: Keep Your Body Warm
Insulation Experiment: Keep Your Body Warm
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Insulation Experiment: Keep Your Body Warm
First Grade
Measurement
In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.
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Insulation Experiment: Keep Your Body Warm
Insulation Experiment: Keep Your Body Warm
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Insulation Experiment: Keep Your Body Warm
In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.
First Grade
Measurement
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Christmas Countdown on Santa's Beard!
Christmas Countdown on Santa's Beard!
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Christmas Countdown on Santa's Beard!
First Grade
Numbers and Counting
This countdown to Christmas craft is fun for kids who are excited for the holiday. Countdown to Christmas with this fun holiday activity.
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Christmas Countdown on Santa's Beard!
Christmas Countdown on Santa's Beard!
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Christmas Countdown on Santa's Beard!
This countdown to Christmas craft is fun for kids who are excited for the holiday. Countdown to Christmas with this fun holiday activity.
First Grade
Numbers and Counting
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Make Holly Hair Clips for Christmas
Make Holly Hair Clips for Christmas
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Make Holly Hair Clips for Christmas
First Grade
Measurement
These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!
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Make Holly Hair Clips for Christmas
Make Holly Hair Clips for Christmas
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Make Holly Hair Clips for Christmas
These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!
First Grade
Measurement
Activity
Telling Time Game
Telling Time Game
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Telling Time Game
First Grade
Time and Money
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"!
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Telling Time Game
Telling Time Game
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Telling Time Game
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 Grade
Time and Money
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Play Egg Carton Addition
Play Egg Carton Addition
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Play Egg Carton Addition
First Grade
Addition
Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.
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Play Egg Carton Addition
Play Egg Carton Addition
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Play Egg Carton Addition
Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.
First Grade
Addition
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Get Loopy! Make a 100th Day Necklace
Get Loopy! Make a 100th Day Necklace
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Get Loopy! Make a 100th Day Necklace
First Grade
Place Value
Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!
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Get Loopy! Make a 100th Day Necklace
Get Loopy! Make a 100th Day Necklace
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Get Loopy! Make a 100th Day Necklace
Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!
First Grade
Place Value
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Foot Fun: A Measurement Activity
Foot Fun: A Measurement Activity
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Foot Fun: A Measurement Activity
Kindergarten
Measurement
This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!
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Foot Fun: A Measurement Activity
Foot Fun: A Measurement Activity
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Foot Fun: A Measurement Activity
This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!
Kindergarten
Measurement
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About 1st Grade Math Activities

On Education.com, 1st grade math activities help young students learn foundational skills such as addition and subtraction within 20, understanding place value, counting, skip counting, shapes, and basic graphing. These hands-on lessons reinfoce numeric fluency, pattern recognition, and geometric understanding through engaging exercises like math bingo, connecting numbered dots, and sorting shapes. Printable worksheets and interactive games make learning math fun and accessible, encouraging early academic confidence.

Browse Education.com resources for a variety of first-grade math worksheets, printable activities, and lesson plans that support educators and parents in teaching essential early math concepts. Materials include number bonds, addition/subtraction games, pattern activities, shape puzzles, and graphing exercises. These resources provide structured practice designed to reinforce number sense, problem-solving, and foundational arithmetic skills.

With these engaging first-grade math resources, teachers and parents can save planning time while providing structured, effective, and entertaining ways to practice essential math skills. Activities support learning continuity at school or home, fostering confidence and enthusiasm for math in early learners. Explore the website today to access tools that make math education both enjoyable and educational.