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Do this fun activity that uses stickers to help your kindergartener with counting, basic addition, and one-to-one correspondence.

Counting with one-to-one correspondence is an important kindergarten math skill. This simple activity turns it into a play-anywhere game.

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

Put together a pine forest to help you count down the days until Christmas with your little one.

Got a shoelace? Got a kindergartener? Help your child learn to use the number line by creating one out of a lace.

Create a counting book, in order from 1-30, to help your child figure out a variety of ways of recognizing and representing numbers.

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

This unique Santa is made only from circles. Your little one will have a fantastic time puzzling together Santa's face with this circle-centric activity.

First grade math includes lots of work with two-digit numbers. Here's an activity to help kids practice recognizing and sequencing numbers from 1-30.

Help your kindergartener practice counting from one to ten with this fun outdoor activity. Make a "My Backyard Counting Book" to review counting to ten.

One of the most important parts of any Christmas tree is what's on top. This year, have your child make an angel that'll put the finishing touch on your tree!

Practice counting to100 independently with this American flag craft project! 

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

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

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

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!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Make this paper chain calendar and give your child a visual reminder of the passing of time.

Plan ahead for summer, by constructing a holiday calendar with your child. A great way to teach kids about time!

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

A food groups plate shows your child what category her foods belong in. Make a food groups plate with your child before dinnertime.

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!

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.

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 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.

Help your kindergartener learn to manage a telephone with this homemade keyboard that also helps kids practice letters and numbers.

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

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Help your child see numbers three ways with this simple grab-and-go game, great for quick practice in the car.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.