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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Reuse old cardboard boxes and popsicle sticks to create a miniature sled that is perfect for pretend play with dolls or action figures.

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

Regale your kindergartener with the beloved story of Rudolph, and then segue into a Christmas craft project in which he makes his own reindeer creation!

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.

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

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.

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 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.

Create clear sound shakers so your preschooler can observe and compare the different sounds that objects make!

Build your child's vocabulary by exploring and discussing spatial relationships during everyday activities such as building, rearranging, and ordering.

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

Here's a Halloween, math activity: have your preschooler or pre-kindergartener carve shapes into a Jack-O-Lantern face and boost her shape recognition skills.

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

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.

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!

You don't need to spend big bucks to buy a pre-boxed version of a matching game at the store. You can make your own easily. Here's how:

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

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

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