For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

Add simple fractions in this fun math card game for second graders. This game is very similar to Blackjack, or 21, but it's entirely kid friendly!

If you're looking for a fun way to have your child gain practice pattern-making while working out fine motor skills, making Washi eggs is the perfect activity.

Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

This recipes is so easy your child gets to be master chef for this kitchen activity. He'll bake peanut butter banana oatmeal cookies that happen to be vegan!

Big bags hold a lot of candy, but they're hard to tote around. Have your kid construct a candy corn candy holder perfect for carrying a few lightweight treats.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Lunch is always better when you share it with a wise companion This wide-eyed owl craft is a great way for your growing learner to practice cutting shapes.

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

Your first grader will love this addition challenge! Roll dice and keep a running total as you try to achieve the highest score.

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practice her math skills by playing this fun game with her.

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

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

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

This caterpillar math game gets your child to work on addition and subtraction. Challenge your child's math prowess with this fast-paced caterpillar math game.

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

Inspired by the children's book, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, this card brings the spunky spider Charlotte to life!

Learning to count change can be tough! Help your child become a master money-counter with this simple game.

Give your smart second grader a rich challenge with this activity that combines graphing practice with money!

Make a fun refrigerator graph with your first grader in order to help her develop those crucial graphing skills, while engaging with the whole family.

Practice subtraction with your second grader in this fun dice game. Math concepts have never been more fun!

Play this daily money game with your 2nd grade child to help his math skills.

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!