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

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!

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

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

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.

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

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: