Preschool - 3rd Grade Common Core Math Activities

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

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

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!

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

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.

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

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!

Playing a tactile game with multiplication will help your child get a better grasp of basic math concepts and transform your kid into a master multiplier.

Play this fun basketball game to help your third grader master their multiplication tables.

Simple and straightforward, this money math game helps kids practice counting, adding change, and working with decimals.

Time is an abstract concept that's difficult to grasp. But waiting for the turkey to come out of the oven on Thanksgiving is a concretely yummy experience.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

This game is the perfect way to prepare your child for any shopping adventures you may embark upon, all while practicing important math concepts.

Engage your children with this fun fall activity that integrates math and science. First, your child will excavate to find leaves. Next, they'll examine them to determine the colors. Then, your child will graph their findings.

Take paper football to the next level by creating a "field" with objects from around the house. A great indoor and rainy-day activity.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.