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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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: