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

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.

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

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

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

Regale your kindergartener with the beloved story of Rudolph, and then segue into a Christmas craft project in which he makes his own reindeer creation!

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Help your little builder move up in the world with this recycled cardboard castle that's just the right size for a young king and his loyal stuffed subjects.

Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.

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

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

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