Your child probably tires of the monotony of flash cards and workbooks quickly, but she'll be fooled by this colorful, interactive counting box! Use O-shaped cereal for counters and she'll practice her counting without even realizing.

Here's an activity that combines counting, Play-Doh, and arts and crafts! What could be better?

Get out all your craft collections and see what your child can use to make a festive garland! This activity teaches your child to pattern, which she'll learn in kindergarten and use in number patterns.

Help your child make an imaginative, inexpensive spaceship from recycled materials. When the spaceship is ready, you can teach your child to count backwards from ten down to one and then BLAST-OFF!

Your child will do a little kitchen chemistry when making the bubble solution and will get to practice making bubble-wand shapes. Throw in a little counting and motor skills in the fresh air and you're got a lovely day of learning ahead of you.

Strengthen your child's understanding of numbers while improving her reaction time and critical thinking skills with this fun game using an old, empty egg carton!

This fun human number line is a great teaching method to introduce the idea of basic numbers and numerals to your child. Having him actually take steps and stand on the corresponding numeral will make these concepts more real to him.

Have your child physically cut and arrange pieces of yarn to teach him the concepts of order and length. In the end, he will have a final product that will help him remember these ideas!

Teach the concepts of weight and scales to your child with this fun bungee scale. By becoming familiar with the weight of household objects, your child will get ready to understand more complex scientific principles.

Encourage your child to grasp the concepts of ordering and sequence by incorporating some simple activities into his time at home. These activities and discussions will bridge his understanding of numbers and counting.