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Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!

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.

Help your child sharpen time skills by creating a special day and charting each part in a detailed schedule.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Turn learning fractions into a pizza party in this fun second grade math game.

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

Celebrate 100 fantastic days of school by creating a school-themed collage with 100 pieces in this unique arts and crafts activity.

Does your kid have a stash of sweets left over from Halloween? Turn that pile of candy into a learning opportunity with this sorting and categorizing activity.

Take paper football to the next level by creating a "field" with objects from around the house. A great indoor and rainy-day activity.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

First graders spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

This game provides your child with the opportunity to create, write, and read numbers.

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child the helpful strategy of adding quickly to 10 in this fun and easy-to-make card game!

Find sums of 10 in this fun first-grade math card game that helps kids build addition skills. Help your child use critical thinking skills to find the sums.

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!

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

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.

Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.

Looking for a cool game to help your first grader learn her 11s? Look no further than this clever one-person card game.

It's important to be able to add and subtract quickly and accurately, and this activity is the perfect way to practice.

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

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.

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

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.

Pfeffernusse are spicy and sweet Christmas cookies from Germany. Make a batch of traditional pfeffernusse this holiday season.

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

Invite your first grader to play this subtraction sacks game to get her actively involved in understanding and memorizing subtraction facts.