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.

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.

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!

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math 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 spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

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.

A food groups plate shows your child what category her foods belong in. Make a food groups plate with your child before dinnertime.

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

Help your first grader, second grader, or third grader boost his addition skills and math vocabulary with this fun summer game Ice Cream Addition!

Use this fun math board game to improve your first grader's confidence with addition facts.

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time

Learn about borrowing in subtraction using a deck of cards and a die! Your first grader will have fun playing this math game.

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.

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

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.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.