Here's a fun math-oriented arts and crafts activity for your preschool or kindergarten child: create a gumdrop topiary and practice counting along the way.

Make caterpillars out of papier-mache and let the kids explore their inner creepy crawler.

This spider hat activity challenges your child to learn about spiders and improve fine motor skills. Make a spider hat with your child on Halloween or any time.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.