The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

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

Forget the measuring stick! This fun math activity uses a body part, your child's hand, as a ruler.

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

Introduce the idea of measuring weight to your preschooler or kindergartener by making a fun and easy-to-use bungee scale to weigh household objects.

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

Encourage your child to compare and contrast a wide variety of autumn-themed items by weighing various objects and recording their findings.

Help your preschooler grasp the concept of ordering and sequence while teaching him valuable vocabulary with simple activities around the house.

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 activity spotlights everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, and preserves your child's handprints in his "antlers".

Preschoolers are fascinated by how colors can be mixed to form new ones. This activity combines color mixing with the concept of melting for extra science fun.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Let your preschooler create something cute while making something delicious to eat: create bread sculptures, or shapes of bread dough!

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

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.