Kindergarten - 4th Grade Math Activities

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

Play multiplication war, a fun card game, with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

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

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

This heart print makes the perfect simple and sweet gift for Valentine's Day!

Any decent Halloween celebration isn't complete without a cat. Even though this cat has an arched back to look as if it's hissing, it's still cute!

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

Teach your third grader about the concepts money and purchasing with this "Mock Card Shop" activity.

Encourage your child to compare and contrast a wide variety of autumn-themed items by weighing various objects and recording their findings.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Practice multiplication facts and geography at the same time in this fun third grade math card game.

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

Try this fun math card game and practice place value with your second grader! Decide which number is bigger in order to earn points!

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Take math off the page and into the real world. This simple game gives kindergarten kids hands-on practice with basic addition.

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

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.

This heart paper chain is the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Include some decorations in a simple AB pattern and work on pattern recognition.

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Whether the snow is fluffy and soft or icy and hard, a snowman is sure to inspire a smile. No wonder this snowman is so happy—it's made using marshmallows!

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

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

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.

Why does honey crystallize? This science fair project project answers this question and identifies the variable that makes this sweet solute crystallize faster.

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?