Learning to identify and categorize different geometric shapes is a big goal for early learners. And your neighborhood is the perfect place to start!

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

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

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

Bring the classic game of "Red Rover" up to date with color and shape recognition skills for your child.

Reuse old cardboard boxes and popsicle sticks to create a miniature sled that is perfect for pretend play with dolls or action figures.

Building a rocket ship is a great way for kids to learn about measuring and construction. It'll fuel their creative side too!

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

Help your preschooler or preschooler with shape recognition, math, and matching by creating your own personal shapes cards, good for home or car.

Use Henri Matisse as inspiration for your preschooler or kindergartener to create a unique and funky paper shapes collage in this arts and crafts activity.

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

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 little builder move up in the world with this recycled cardboard castle that's just the right size for a young king and his loyal stuffed subjects.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

Lunch is always better when you share it with a wise companion This wide-eyed owl craft is a great way for your growing learner to practice cutting shapes.

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

Disguise a lesson focused on shape recognition as a Santa collage, and your pre-kindergartener won't even realize she's learning!

Help your preschooler create ice cube bead necklaces to cool off while practicing gross motor skills and sequencing, and discussing states of matter.

Here's an innovative math puzzle that you can create with your fourth grade math student.

Help your child practice symmetry with this fun activity that will leave your child with a sweet symmetrical treat!

Help your kindergartener review shapes - and build early reading skills - with this creative book project.

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

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

Celebrate the 100th day of school by creating a geometric, math-inspired mural in the style of Henri Matisse in this creative kindergarten grade art activity.

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

This engaging, fun, pattern resist painting is inspired by your little one's love of shapes.

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!

Weave a unique ribbon pattern! This fun arts and crafts activity is a great way to make colorful projects and learn basic math and art skills.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

This activity will help your child build his early math skills by practicing shape recognition.