Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

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

Here's how you and your child can work together to craft your own story problems from scratch.

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

Strengthen your child's number recognition skills with this fun game using an old, empty egg carton!

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

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

Master reading numbers aloud with your first grader in this math card game.

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

Here's a preschool color collage activity to help your child work on their sorting skills, and create a beautiful addition to the refrigerator gallery.

This Play-Doh counting game will improve your little one's math skills and the hanging Christmas trees will make great decoration.

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

Make a Christmas countdown calendar to get your child excited about the coming holiday. This Christmas countdown calendar helps you make holiday memories.

Your child will learn more about coins and their denominations as he's asked to identify similar coins.

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

Help your child make an imaginative, inexpensive spaceship from recycled materials. When the spaceship is ready, count backwards from ten and then BLAST-OFF!

Here are some ideas for marshmallow math games you can play with your child to help teach him important concepts like estimation, area, and measurement.

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

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

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.

In this activity, students build a house of sticks, just like the second little pig in the classic story, The Three Little Pigs. Then, they program an educational robot to push down the house, much like the wolf who “blows the house down.”

Put numbers and letters together -- key kindergarten math and reading skills -- while creating a marvelous game piece for outdoor play!

Help your child see numbers three ways with this simple grab-and-go game, great for quick practice in the car.

Help your child learn her numbers and how to count with this fun number game!

Use this fun spin-off of Bingo to help your child practice number recognition and listening skills!

The Christmas Addition Tree is a great way to get kids actively involved in math practice through art projects over the holiday break.

Sorting objects by size, color, shape, or function is an important concept in kindergarten math, and it's the perfect excuse for a little housekeeping!

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.