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

Combine fun sensory play with early number awareness in a squishy sun catcher project. It's a fun way for your kid to learn about numbers.

Forget the measuring stick! This fun math activity uses a body part, your child's hand, as a ruler.

Help your preschooler practice counting, matching, and learning colors with this fun game!

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Play this hidden number game with your preschooler that will give her a leg up in learning numbers.

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

Pump up the learning level of your kindergartener's summer break by playing patriotic bingo when July 4th rolls around.

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

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

These bean bag games are a fun and inexpensive way to keep your first grader learning! Work on social skills, coordination, math, or even spelling!

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

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

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!

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

This flannel board will give your child hands-on practice with math, but in a fun format, full of ladybugs.

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

Dig up some dinos while promoting curiosity and sensory skills in this hands-on activity that will have your child searching for prehistoric treasure!

Take math off the page and into the real world. This simple game gives kindergarten kids hands-on practice with basic addition.

Got a fussy eater on your hands? Here's a great way to make fruit appear more appealing, and make eating it a lot more fun, too!

This hands-on activity that involves arranging pieces of yarn will teach your pre-K child the concept of ordering items by length in an interesting way.

Practice counting, sequencing, and pattern recognition with your young learner in this fun math card game!

Play this game that lets you create your own silly monster drawing and helps your child practice her counting skills!

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

Put your junk mail to good use! Armed with a stack ads and a few simple art supplies, your preschooler can make a cool poster for his room.

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.

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

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

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

The Kindergarten Personal Record Book makes measurement fun & active! Kids record their vital statistics from head to toe using unusual tools like paper clips.