2nd Grade Math Activities

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Looking for games and activities to keep your child busy? Second grade is all about real world applications - from math activities that teach about money, to games that develop reading comprehension, we've got fresh ideas to keep learning going long after the school bell rings.

More math activities for 2nd grade:

Play Pattern Hopscotch!

Play Pattern Hopscotch!

Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull. But creating patterns with hopscotch? Exciting! Get your child's game on, and give her some math practice in the process.

Make Your Mom! A Creative Measurement Activity

Make Your Mom! A Creative Measurement Activity

This Mother's Day, do something construction with your child--make your very own mom recipe!

Make A Father

Make A Father's Day Timeline!

With this activity, your child will get an opportunity to apply skills she's learning in second grade math, and maybe learn something new about Dad in the process.

Make a Family History Timeline!

Make a Family History Timeline!

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after an event. It will also give your child practice in putting events in order.

Ideas for Using Math Everyday

Ideas for Using Math Everyday

In second grade, kids start to learn that math is all around them. And you can help! Here are some common household opportunities that will enhance your second grader's math sense.

Step on It: A Math Game

Step on It: A Math Game

Help your child "step up" to math challenges with a fun game in your very own kitchen. Not only will this help your child learn basic addition and subtraction facts in an engaging way, it will also get her up and moving--with math!

Minute Math: How to Estimate Time

Minute Math: How to Estimate Time

This fun game helps children learn to estimate the most basic unit of time--a minute--without a clock. Instead, they will use repeated activities that each last a 60 seconds to truly understand what can fit into a minute!

Menu Math

Menu Math

Got a stack of take-out menus sitting in a drawer in your kitchen? Pull them out for this game of "restaurant" which will reinforce real-world applications of counting and using money.

Money Sense: Count Mixed Change

Money Sense: Count Mixed Change

Here's an entertaining and educational activity designed to introduce your child to the various characters in your change purse--the penny, the nickel, the dime, and the quarter--and learn how to count them all up.

Count

Count 'N Catch: A Skip Counting Game

Encourage your child to practice skip counting by transforming number patterns with this fun and interactive game of catch. It will get your child moving and learning, ball in hand!