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.

Help your child stay physically and mentally active with this group aerobic fitness game that's good for the heart and mind alike.

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

Use empty soda bottles to create a fun bowling set that helps your first grader practice addition skills!

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.

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

Help your kindergartener learn to manage a telephone with this homemade keyboard that also helps kids practice letters and numbers.

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.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

Have your kid practice completing number patterns and then create her own patterns on the wings of a butterfly with this delightfully simple paper project.

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

Play this game to help froggie hop home...and teach the number line to your kindergartener while you're at it!

Practice counting to 100 independently with this American flag craft project! 

Strengthen your child's number recognition skills with this fun game using an old, empty egg carton!

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.

Lots of everyday objects can be fun, whether it's buttons, beans, or Lego blocks. Here's an activity that uses coins to build problem-solving strategies.

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

This project commemorates the milestone of completing the first 100 days of school, while giving your child a manipulative to practice counting to 100.

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

Put your kid in charge of her own survey! She'll poll her relatives and friends, collect information, and then create a colorful chart to display her findings.

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

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Try this new twist to the traditional memory game to help your learner match number symbols to the correct quantity while sharpening their memory skills!

This game provides your child with the opportunity to create, write, and read numbers.

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

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

Playing the Number Sentence Game with your child gives him the opportunity to practice ordering and comparing numbers using symbols.

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.