1st and 2nd Grade Math Activities

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

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

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

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

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

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

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.

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

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

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.

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

Playing a tactile game with multiplication will help your child get a better grasp of basic math concepts and transform your kid into a master multiplier.

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

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

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Create addition problems using critical thinking skills in this fun second grade math card game.

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

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

Review fractions with your budding mathematician when you play this fun, educational math board game.

In this fun math activity, second graders will learn to estimate items in a jar! 

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!