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!

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!

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

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

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.

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

Make a mixed up animal collage and help your preschooler build her visual arts and math skills 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!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 heart paper chain is the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Include some decorations in a simple AB pattern and work on pattern recognition.

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

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!

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