Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

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.

Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!

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.

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.

Compare and order numbers and introduce mathematical inequalities in this fun math card game.

Want to make math a little more exciting? This single-player game is designed to help your child practice combining cards to create sums of 14.

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

Finding the greatest number is great math practice! This strategic card game will help reinforce the concept of number value as well as addition facts.

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

Here's a fun math game you can use to practice counting, addition or subtraction with your child.

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.

Weave a unique ribbon pattern! This fun arts and crafts activity is a great way to make colorful projects and learn basic math and art skills.

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

Play this fun matching game with your kindergartener! It's a great way to practice math and number skills with playing cards.

These bean bag games are a fun and inexpensive way to keep your child learning! Work on social skills, coordination, math, or even spelling!

This fun, addition focused take on the classic card game War is a great way to help your child get a strong hold on addition.

Make a brag sash with your child to celebrate an amazing school year filled with accomplishments.

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

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Practice addition with your child in a whole new way when you battle to defend your cards in this competitive game. Math has never been so fun!

Here's a simple math activity that has your child using her basic addition facts to solve a secret code.

Have a lot of loose buttons lying around the house? Here are four ways to turn those loose buttons into an easy and positive learning experience. Button up!

Making food sculptures boosts creativity, and just might help your picky eater branch out!

Try this card game to build math fact skills, like addition and subtraction, and have a great time, too!

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.

Play this hidden number game with your preschooler or kindergartener that will give them a leg up in learning numbers.

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.