Have a lot of loose buttons lying around the house? Here are four ways to turn those loose buttons into an easy and positive learning experience. Button up!

Practice counting to 100 independently with this American flag craft project! 

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

Plan ahead for summer, by constructing a holiday calendar with your child. A great way to teach kids about time!

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

Make this paper chain calendar and give your child a visual reminder of the passing of time.

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

Do this fun activity that uses stickers to help your kindergartener with counting, basic addition, and one-to-one correspondence.

Help your child develop his counting and language skills with this fun activity. He'll be a number hero for a day and learn about safety while he's at it.

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

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

Play this fun matching game with your kindergartener! It's a great way to practice math and number skills with playing cards.

If your preschooler needs counting practice, try this pared-down game. Kids count clips in each cup and find the playing card to match.

Your child can count out six pumpkins or six crayons, but what is a six all by itself? ThatÃs a much harder concept to grasp.

Play this hidden number game with your preschooler or kindergartener that will give them a leg up in learning numbers.

Familiarize your preschooler with the concept of numbers one through five and counting with this hands-on activity.

Play this game that lets you create your own silly monster drawing and helps your child practice her counting skills!

Play this fun math numbers game with your kindergartener! Practice following instructions as you roll the dice and count.

Your child will enjoy getting math practice as they use bugs in addition and subtraction problems.

Here's an activity to inspire your preschooler to learn to recognize numbers and count than by using fun and funky rubber stamps to make her own flashcards!

Take math off the page and into the real world. This simple game gives kindergarten kids hands-on practice with basic addition.

Get your preschooler ready for kindergarten by helping them learn numbers 1-10 with homemade snowflake counting cards in this arts and crafts activity.

Use old coffee cans and socks to make a beanbag toss game for kids in preschool and kindergarten. This activity is great for math and coordination.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

This spider hat activity challenges your child to learn about spiders and improve fine motor skills. Make a spider hat with your child on Halloween or any time.

Lots of everyday objects can be fun, whether it's buttons, beans, or Lego blocks. Here's an activity that uses coins to build problem-solving strategies.

Want to help your kid with math? Get out the grab bag! This game is a great way to practice the tricky business of associating numbers with sets of objects.

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 kindergartener practice counting from one to ten with this fun outdoor activity. Make a "My Backyard Counting Book" to review counting to ten.