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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.

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

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

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

Play Number Dash with your preschooler and help him learn to identify numbers, write numbers and learn about organized play.

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

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

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

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

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!

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!

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Use Henri Matisse as inspiration for your preschooler or kindergartener to create a unique and funky paper shapes collage in this arts and crafts activity.

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