Get ready to make a dollar...using playing cards! The first player to accumulate the amount of points equal to a dollar wins.

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!

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.