This activity is a great starting point for practicing mental math because it is quick, easy and involves only simple addition facts.

Your child will be cheering for 8s and 9s as she tries to create a larger number than her competitors. Whoever ends up with the largest number wins!

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

Play a game of "restaurant" to reinforce real-world applications of counting and using money.

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

Is your third grader bombing around on a bike these days? Here's a way to put all that fun time together with some math learning, too.