Get ready to make a dollar...using playing cards! The first player to accumulate the amount of points equal to a dollar wins.

Engage your third-grader in this version of the classic game and she will get lots of practice using mental math to solve addition and subtraction problems.

Is your third grader bombing around on a bike these days? Here's a way to put all that fun time together with some math learning, too.

This activity is a great starting point for practicing mental math because it is quick, easy and involves only simple addition facts.