The Best Math Workbooks for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Graders
Math workbooks are perfect for at-home learning, extra tutoring, or supplemental classroom work. They’re also affordable and low-pressure, and they provide opportunities for kids to learn and practice foundational math skills that improve confidence, critical thinking, problem-solving, concentration, and memory.
As a teacher, I often saw dramatic summer learning loss, so when I became a parent, I made sure my elementary-aged kids kept up their math skills by using math workbooks.
What’s more, research shows that building early math skills predicts later math and reading achievement. Even ten minutes a day can be impactful. Whether you’re using math workbooks for summer vacation or incorporating them during the school year, building math skills is an important investment in a child’s education.
Try one of these primary math workbooks to see for yourself.
First Grade | Second Grade | Third Grade
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Add to BookshelfDavid A. Adler’s First Grade Math Workbook
by David A. Adler
This workbook’s cute illustrations make every page eye-catching for kids, but it’s the clear directions and Common Core Curriculum foundation that make it fun and age-appropriate for first-grade learners. Kids will practice adding, subtracting, money, telling time, identifying shapes, and more. “…children need not to just learn basic math skills and concepts, but to practice them, and practice them again,” writes workbook author David A. Adler, a former math teacher.
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10 Minutes a Day Math, 1st Grade
by Carol Vorderman
Open this jam-packed workbook for 10 minutes a day to practice foundational math skills. This book covers concepts such as addition, subtraction, shapes, time, measurement, multiplication, and symmetry. Because it includes some advanced concepts, this workbook makes a good choice for challenging your first-grade learner.
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201 Maths Activity Book – Fun Activities and Math Exercises For Children: Knowing Numbers, Addition-Subtraction, Fractions, BODMAS
by Wonder House Books
Review and practice core math concepts in this workbook that starts with first-grade curriculum, such as counting, shapes, addition, and patterns, and progresses to more advanced concepts, such as fractions, order of operations, and multiplication. The colorful pages and cute characters make these educational activities a fun experience for young learners.
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365 Maths Activity Book For Kids: Age 5+
by Wonder House Books
Give children extra math practice with this colorful workbook filled with a wide range of primary math concepts, including number sense, addition, multiplication, and measurement. It’s a solid choice to supplement any math curriculum, whether at home, tutoring, or in school. Kids will enjoy the appealing graphic design and engaging activities where they’ll get to draw, write, match, and solve problems.
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10 Minutes a Day Math, 2nd Grade
by DK
From counting to multiplying, this workbook covers a range of math subjects. Each concept is reinforced with engaging activities, whether it’s fill-in-the-blanks, circling the answer, drawing, or matching. Designed to be only 10 minutes a day, this supplemental workbook will challenge your second-grade learners to think, analyze, compute, and solve, building a foundation for increasingly complex math skills.
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How to Be Good at Math Workbook Grades 2-3
by DK
This workbook provides extra math review and practice for children in second and third grades. With full-color, easy-to-follow directions, kids will learn about fractions, multiplication, division, measurement, geometry, graphs, and other elementary math concepts. Want to make sure they’re getting the correct answers? It’s easy to check the answers in the back of the workbook.
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Math Skillbuilders (Grades 2 – 3)
by Golden Books
A popular choice for families looking to supplement the math curriculum, this workbook is filled with fun exercises that reinforce essential math concepts, from the easiest to the more difficult, such as number families, addition, money, place value, telling time, and measurement. Learn while completing riddles, coloring, or filling in the blanks. It also includes a bonus sticker page!
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10 Minutes a Day Math, 3rd Grade
by DK
From place value to bar graphs and fractions, this workbook covers a spectrum of math subjects and is designed to be completed in daily 10-minute chunks. Choose this for increasing math skills and subject-matter confidence. Kids will find a variety of learning activities, from matching to filling in the blanks.
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My First Times Tables Activity Book : Multiplication Tables From 1 – 20 with Fun and Easy Math Activities for Children
by Wonder House Books
Interactive math lessons paired with eye-catching, colorful art will appeal to kids ready to master their times tables. Starting with 1 and continuing through 12, these activities will teach and reinforce a child’s knowledge of the times tables, a foundational math skill required for third grade and beyond.
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