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

This Play-Doh counting game will improve your little one's math skills and the hanging Christmas trees will make great decoration.

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!

Try this fun and interactive collage activity with your preschooler to teach her the "building blocks" of math and architecture.

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!

Want to help your kid with math? Get out the grab bag! This game is a great way to practice the tricky business of associating numbers with sets of objects.

Here's a fun math game you can use to practice counting, addition or subtraction with your child.

Have a lot of loose buttons lying around the house? Here are four ways to turn those loose buttons into an easy and positive learning experience. Button up!

Put together a pine forest to help you count down the days until Christmas with your little one.

This fun math game will help develop your child's counting skills and number recognition skills.

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

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.

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

A fun activity for a hot day, this will give young kids a chance to experiment with beginning science and math â and splash around in the process!

Familiarize your preschooler with the concept of numbers one through five and counting with this hands-on activity.

Using nothing fancier than old milk cartons and popsicle sticks, create a village full of fun learning for your kindergarten math student.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

Plan ahead for summer, by constructing a holiday calendar with your child. A great way to teach kids about time!

Challenge your preschooler to a game of shape match-up--an entertaining way to boost her observational ability.

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.

Lots of everyday objects can be fun, whether it's buttons, beans, or Lego blocks. Here's an activity that uses coins to build problem-solving strategies.

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

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

Introduce the idea of measuring weight to your preschooler or kindergartener by making a fun and easy-to-use bungee scale to weigh household objects.

Sorting objects by size, color, shape, or function is an important concept in kindergarten math, and it's the perfect excuse for a little housekeeping!