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Play Ice Cream Addition!

Here's a math game to keep your child cool during this hot summer. Roll dice, add up the terms, and color in all the pieces of your ice cream cone to win.

Getting Even

Memorizing addition facts is an important step in a first grader's learning. Teach your child this fun card game in order to squeeze in a little extra addition practice. All you need is a deck of cards, and you are ready to get started!

Countdown to Christmas on Santa's Beard!

In this fun Christmas craft, your child can countdown to Christmas by making a Santa beard and adding a cotton ball representing each day until the 25th!

Save the Ducklings

Sneak a little addition and counting practice in with this creative game! Your kindergartener or first grader will love trying to save all of the ducklings from the trap! Add up the total when you roll the dice and count out those ducklings. Hopefully, they will be safe in your hands!

Seventeen: A Math-Builder Card Game

Your kid probably knows that two plus two equals four. But what does it take to get to seventeen? Try this card game to explore all the possibilities, build math fact skills, and, more importantly from a kid-perspective, have a great time while you're at it!

Get Loopy! Make a 100th Day Necklace

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

Make a Clock!

You thought this day would never come, but guess what, it's time! Time for your child to learn to TELL time, that is. Mastering this skill can seem hard at first, but hands-on practice helps. Here's a fun at-home activity that lets kids make a clock of their own.

Cut This Calendar!

First grade math includes lots of work with two-digit numbers. Here is a great activity for early in the year, to practice recognizing and sequencing numbers from 1-30.

Slap It!: An Odds and Evens Card Game

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even, which in turn will help your child succeed in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Olympic Games for Kids

Gather the neighborhood kids together and host an Olympic Games, right in your own backyard!

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