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

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:

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Help your preschooler create ice cube bead necklaces to cool off while practicing gross motor skills and sequencing, and discussing states of matter.

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

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.