Kindergarten and 1st Grade Math Activities

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Any decent Halloween celebration isn't complete without a cat. Even though this cat has an arched back to look as if it's hissing, it's still cute!

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

Encourage your child to compare and contrast a wide variety of autumn-themed items by weighing various objects and recording their findings.

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.

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.

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

Take math off the page and into the real world. This simple game gives kindergarten kids hands-on practice with basic addition.

Celebrate Chinese New Year by teaching your child how to use chopsticks! She'll build her math and fine motor skills as she does this activity.

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.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Whether the snow is fluffy and soft or icy and hard, a snowman is sure to inspire a smile. No wonder this snowman is so happy—it's made using marshmallows!

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.

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

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

There's nothing like a treasure hunt to get kids excited about math and sorting.

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.

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

Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

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

In this simple math activity, your young learner will compare two types of Valentine's Day candy using a Venn diagram.

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

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.

Build your child's vocabulary by exploring and discussing spatial relationships during everyday activities such as building, rearranging, and ordering.

Help your child practice symmetry with this fun activity that will leave your child with a sweet symmetrical treat!

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