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.

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

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

Want to turn snack time into fun-time? Help him turn ordinary rice cakes into creatures that are silly, creepy, or just plain cute!

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boost your preschooler's math and verbal skills by having her participate in simple, fun activities that teach her how to sort, count, and categorize objects.

Make a mixed up animal collage and help your preschooler build her visual arts and math skills along the way.