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

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!

Any decent Halloween celebration isn't complete without a cat. Even though this cat has an arched back to look as if it's hissing, it's still cute!

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

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

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!

Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

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

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

Here's Twist 'N Turn: let your preschooler or pre-kindergartener be outside and active while learning about shapes, colors, directions, and word recognition.

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.

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.

This copying game is like a hopped up version of Simon Says, but it lets kids use their bodies to practice patterning, a key skill in early math.

This imaginative art activity will help your child to better understand symmetry and explore color and shape.

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

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

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.

Sneak a little learning into Easter by making cute Easter egg counting flash cards in this preschool arts and crafts activity.

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

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

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

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

Combine an introduction to shape and counting with a springtime art project by showing your kindergartener how to create a vibrant rainbow mosaic.

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

Boost shape recognition with this matching game where your child will pair up sticks to create simple shapes.

Want to add a little craftiness to preschool math? Break out the glue gun and create a button board!

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

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

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.

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