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

Weave a unique ribbon pattern! This fun arts and crafts activity is a great way to make colorful projects and learn basic math and art 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Use Henri Matisse as inspiration for your preschooler or kindergartener to create a unique and funky paper shapes collage in this arts and crafts activity.

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.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

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.

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

Whether the snow is fluffy and soft or icy and hard, a snowman is sure to inspire a smile. No wonder this snowman is so happy—it's made using marshmallows!

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

Using a fruit cereal and yarn, help your preschooler create crunchy, edible patterns.

Help your kindergartener review shapes - and build early reading skills - with this creative book project.

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

Bring the classic game of "Red Rover" up to date with color and shape recognition skills for your child.

Help your kindergartener practice his shape recognition and develop his fine motor skills by making a scarecrow at home.

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

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

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

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

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

Combine an introduction to shape and counting with a springtime art project by showing your kindergartener how to create a vibrant rainbow mosaic.