This two-player game is a fun way to practice multiplication facts! You'll use a pair of dice to determine the numbers you will multiply with. The product determines whether you've hit a single, double, triple, or home run! Help your third grader improve his confidence with multiplication by reviewing facts in this fun new way.

Monsters can be scary, but drawing your own makes them fun! Play this game and create your own silly monster! Build a Monster is similar to the board game Cooties but with an educational twist. Your child will practice numbers as she counts dots on the dice and applies that number to the drawing. She can play with a parent, a sibling, or a friend. This game will put her creative juices to work as she makes multi-limbed, double-headed colorful monster drawings.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, shorter, taller, wider, and narrower. These concepts are not only important for kindergarten math, they also encourage children to become better scientific observers. So find a space to roam-a sandy beach, a wooded park, or a lakeside shore, all offer ample materials to help your child understand size comparison words.

Games are a great way to ease your fifth grader's fear of new math concepts. Kids are always more willing to attempt a new skill when it's presented in a fun, non-threatening way! "The Amazing Equation Race" is an interactive, fast-paced game that will make your child feel more comfortable with simple equations. Although the terms "variable" and "equation" are unfamiliar now, a few rounds will turn them into household names.

Practice percentages in this competitive card game! Race to calculate the answer as cards are flipped over. For each correct answer you give, you'll earn a card. Whoever earns the most cards, wins!

Tracking the weather serves as a perfect educational-and entertaining-introduction to the natural sciences. Your child will learn to see details and patterns in atmospheric conditions. A simple weather spinner provides an accessible tool for your child to improve her observation and analysis ability, important scientific skills she will use for the rest of her life.

Forget a jeep in Africa. You can head out for a safari right in your own neighborhood. Instead of hunting lions and tigers, you'll troll for circles and triangles. Why? Because shapes are at the heart of the first grade math and writing curriculum. Plus, a hunt through the backyard is just plain fun! The next time your child's around the house looking for something to do, pack a picnic and head outside for this easy, fun family activity.

What is a prime number? Check out this great way to learn. Find a deck of cards and deal them out. We hope your hand has a lot of prime numbers in it! If it does, you have a good chance of winning. If not, we wish you luck when you reach your hand over to the draw pile. Before you know it, you'll have the first several prime numbers memorized and some great skills to take with you back to math class.

Brush up your knowledge of shapes in this fun board game! Roll the die to see where you land. Say the name of the shape correctly and you'll get a chance to roll again. Use a combination of luck and skill to reach the finish line first. Try printing out a blank playing board (near the bottom of the page) and make this activity your own!

As a result of this activity, students will be able to construct informal logical arguments to justify reasoning processes and conclusions.

Development of fine and gross motor skills and incorporating nature with art in order to have a better perspective and understanding.