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.

Here's a fun activity you can do at the library to help your child learn the sequencing of numbers and letters.

Help your child build ice cream cones as she practices her counting skills

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.

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

Your kindergarten artist will love practicing math and coloring when he makes his own unique paint-by-numbers! This activity is creative and educational.

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

Put together a pine forest to help you count down the days until Christmas with your little one.

Using nothing fancier than old milk cartons and popsicle sticks, create a village full of fun learning for your kindergarten math student.

Mix fun with basic math in this fun homemade game of ring toss! Make rings out of paper plates and you're ready to play anytime, anywhere!

This competitive inequalities card game is a great way to help your child understand the connection between numerals and the values they represent.

Your child can count out six pumpkins or six crayons, but what is a six all by itself? ThatÃs a much harder concept to grasp.

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

Help your kindergartener practice counting from one to ten with this fun outdoor activity. Make a "My Backyard Counting Book" to review counting to ten.

This fun outdoor game will help your child develop her addition and subtraction skills and teach her basic arithmetic while keeping her active.

Learning to count can be pretty tough. Have your child play this game with you or a friend and watch her quickly become a master counter.

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.

Put numbers and letters together -- key kindergarten math and reading skills -- while creating a marvelous game piece for outdoor play!

Want to help your child develop stronger numeracy skills and make your dice games even more fun? Try creating some googly-eyed funny dice.

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

Does your child need counting help? Here's a simple game that kids can do at home to help them practice counting to two-digit numbers.

Grab some dice and play this take on tic-tac-toe. Itâs easy to set up and your child will have a blast.

Here are some ideas for marshmallow math games you can play with your child to help teach him important concepts like estimation, area, and measurement.

Most kids love to play spy. Here's a way to have fun with mysterious codes while mastering an ordinary, necessary skill: first grade spelling.

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

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

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.

Help your kindergarten scientist understand the concept of surface tension with this simple science experiment.

Counting with one-to-one correspondence is an important kindergarten math skill. This simple activity turns it into a play-anywhere game.

Play this game that lets you create your own silly monster drawing and helps your child practice her counting skills!