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This activity is a great way to practice sorting, counting, matching, and other early math skills--- on the fly.

Using a fruit cereal and yarn, help your preschooler create crunchy, edible patterns.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

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!

Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.

Want to turn snack time into fun-time? Help him turn ordinary rice cakes into creatures that are silly, creepy, or just plain cute!

Play with shapes, like triangles and circles, to help your child review the different kinds and create a new picture!

Your child will practice her counting and number recognition as she matches printed numbers to the same number of repetitions of a simple design.

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

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

Create clear sound shakers so your preschooler can observe and compare the different sounds that objects make!

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

Help your kindergartener practice his shape recognition and develop his fine motor skills by making a scarecrow at home.

This St. Patrick's day, stretch your third grader's social studies and math skills with this fun, cooperative learning game.

You don't need to spend big bucks to buy a pre-boxed version of a matching game at the store. You can make your own easily. Here's how:

Get your preschooler ready for kindergarten by helping them learn numbers 1-10 with homemade snowflake counting cards in this arts and crafts activity.

Build your child's vocabulary by exploring and discussing spatial relationships during everyday activities such as building, rearranging, and ordering.

Regale your kindergartener with the beloved story of Rudolph, and then segue into a Christmas craft project in which he makes his own reindeer creation!

Check out this fun science fair project idea to learn about seismic waves and how fast they travel during an earthquake.

This game is a great way to help your child remember the names of shapes. Give it a go and before you know it, your kid will have all her shapes down pat.

Kindergarten algebra is a lot different than high school. In kindergarten math, algebra means grouping like things, or noticing what doesn't belong in a set.

Make a mixed up animal collage and help your preschooler build her visual arts and math skills along the way.

When your child is itching for a game, consider ditching Hide and Seek in favor of Shape and Seek. Here's how it works:

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.

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

Sponges are easy to handle and fun to play with, and your child will love putting these simple, three-piece puzzles together.

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

Have fun with the kids by "shaping up" your standard chocolate chip cookie recipe, and teach kids about sorting and shapes while you're at it.