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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.

Kindergarten algebra is a lot different than high school. In kindergarten math, algebra means grouping like things, or noticing what doesn't belong in a set.

This little chick is so cute that your child will want to make a whole flock to call her own.

This heart print makes the perfect simple and sweet gift for Valentine's Day!

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

Learning to identify and categorize different geometric shapes is a big goal for early learners. And your neighborhood is the perfect place to start!

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

Help your preschooler or preschooler with shape recognition, math, and matching by creating your own personal shapes cards, good for home or car.

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

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

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

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

This activity is a great way to practice sorting, counting, matching, and other early math skills--- on the fly.

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

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:

Play Number Dash with your preschooler and help him learn to identify numbers, write numbers and learn about organized play.

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.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

Have your child observe, measure and record the amount of space objects occupy, and you'll have an inside space explorer on your hands in no time!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pump up the learning level of your kindergartener's summer break by playing patriotic bingo when July 4th rolls around.

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

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

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

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