Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

In this preschool counting game, kids learn to count with their fingers, but without their eyes!

This do-it-anywhere guessing game helps reinforce number concepts. And it's a blast to play.

Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.

Help your child stay physically and mentally active with this group aerobic fitness game that's good for the heart and mind alike.

Your preschooler or kindergartener will count their way to Valentine's Day while designing an imaginative and artistic set of counting cards!

Sharing can be a challenge, and division doubly so! Practice halving numbers in this competitive card game.

Try this new twist to the traditional memory game to help your learner match number symbols to the correct quantity while sharpening their memory skills!

Help your child "step up" to second grade math fact challenges with a fun addition and subtraction game in your very own kitchen.

This fall, bake some festive caramel apple cupcakes with your second grader and help her build her math skills while you're at it!

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

Use this great no-bake recipe to save energy and keep cool.

Determine which environment keeps an ice cube frozen for the longest duration. Inspect and record your observations when cubes melt.

If your Father's Day festivities include meeting up with extended family, why not put all the dads to the test with a chili cook-off?

This science fair project idea examines reptile behavior and to determine whether reptiles are more active during warmer temperatures.

Build this game, and give your kid some hands-on practice ordering numbers. Soon your first grade kid will be Master of the number line!

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

Can cells be frozen? This science fair project provides information to answer this question.

Help cement the concept of place value with this simple activity that involves creating a set of dials made from Styrofoam cups.

Have your kid practice completing number patterns and then create her own patterns on the wings of a butterfly with this delightfully simple paper project.

Here's a hands-on way to help your child understand how common fractions can be equivalent.

Practice of math facts is usually limited to drill sheets and flashcards. But kids are more likely to tune in to math facts if practice is presented as a game!

Have fun with the kids by "shaping up" your standard chocolate chip cookie recipe, and teach kids about sorting and shapes while you're at it.

Have some fun with your first or second grader, looking for creative ways that 100 cents can make $1.00!

This experiment uses a yeast solution, liquid detergent, and hydrogen peroxide to produce an exciting reaction like no other!

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

Play multiplication war, a fun card game, with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.

Trying to find sums of groups of multiples is a great way to practice your addition. Be sure to double check your work. If you clear all of the cards, you win!

This flexible activity for preschoolers features jellybeans, counting, coloring, and the five senses.

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."