Kindergarten and 1st Grade Math Activities : Page 4

Big bags hold a lot of candy, but they're hard to tote around. Have your kid construct a candy corn candy holder perfect for carrying a few lightweight treats.

If your young child is a kinesthetic learner, this equation board is perfect for teaching him addition and subtraction facts.

Give your child some practice with even numbers, while creating a cute Christmas keepsake. Create this skip counting book.

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

There's nothing like a treasure hunt to get kids excited about math and sorting.

Challenge your kindergartener to finding out if a coin toss is really fair by conducting this coin toss experiment.

Make an edible bracelet from Froot Loops and a shoelace! This Block Institute art activity will engage your special needs or mainstream child at snacktime.

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.

Got a fussy eater on your hands? Here's a great way to make fruit appear more appealing, and make eating it a lot more fun, too!

Make this paper chain calendar and give your child a visual reminder of the passing of time.

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

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.

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

Check out this twist on a peanut butter and banana sandwich. The banana replaces the bread to make the perfect fun and nutritious after-school snack.

Celebrate Chinese New Year by teaching your child how to use chopsticks! She'll build her math and fine motor skills as she does this activity.

Work on simple addition and finding even numbers in this first grade math card game.

The Kindergarten Personal Record Book makes measurement fun & active! Kids record their vital statistics from head to toe using unusual tools like paper clips.

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

First grade math includes lots of work with two-digit numbers. Here's an activity to help kids practice recognizing and sequencing numbers from 1-30.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

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

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

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

Create a counting book, in order from 1-30, to help your child figure out a variety of ways of recognizing and representing numbers.

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!

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

Teach your child about jesters as she makes her very own jester hat.

Here is an activity that your kids can make for Mother's Day, a garden pot filled with edible "flowers".

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!

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