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Is your kid struggling with number recognition? Here's a great way to go fishing for numbers that will feel more like play than counting practice.

Serve up this pretend play activity to your preschooler to give her counting skills a healthy boost.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Try this new twist to the traditional memory game to help your learner match number symbols to the correct quantity while sharpening their memory skills!

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

This do-it-anywhere guessing game helps reinforce number concepts. And it's a blast to play.

This Play-Doh counting game will improve your little one's math skills and the hanging Christmas trees will make great decoration.

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

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

Here's a fun math activity for your preschooler: play Sock Sort and help your pre-kindergartener recognize her numbers!

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

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

Does your child love toy cars? Here’s a terrific way for them to play with their toy cars and practice number recognition skills at the same time.

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.

Your preschooler will not realize she's practicing her counting skills while playing with this interactive cereal abacus!

If your preschooler needs counting practice, try this pared-down game. Kids count clips in each cup and find the playing card to match.

Ordinal numbers, or numbers that indicate order, are the focus of this fun math game for young learners.

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

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

Help your child learn her numbers and how to count with this fun number game!

This fun math game will help develop your child's counting skills and number recognition skills.

In this activity your little one will throw a beanbag at a numbered target to help improve her number recognition skills.

A fun activity for a hot day, this will give young kids a chance to experiment with beginning science and math â and splash around in the process!

This very physical game gets math off the page and into the real world-- and it works on number sense and estimation, key skills for kindergarten readiness.

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: