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

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.

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.

Here's an innovative math puzzle that you can create with your fourth grade math student.

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.

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

Help your child apply his math skills the next time you cook a family meal similar to one you'd buy at a restaurant.

Take paper football to the next level by creating a "field" with objects from around the house. A great indoor and rainy-day activity.

Celebrate the 100th day of school by creating a geometric, math-inspired mural in the style of Henri Matisse in this creative kindergarten grade art activity.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Engage your children with this fun fall activity that integrates math and science. First, your child will excavate to find leaves. Next, they'll examine them to determine the colors. Then, your child will graph their findings.

This game is a great way to help your child remember the names of shapes. Give it a go and before you know it, your kid will have all her shapes down pat.

Do a little kitchen chemistry as you make your own bubble solution and bubble-wand shapes!

Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

Find the area in this fun math card game. You'll help your child start thinking in terms of units as you create shapes out of playing cards.

Lunch is always better when you share it with a wise companion This wide-eyed owl craft is a great way for your growing learner to practice cutting shapes.

Using nothing fancier than old milk cartons and popsicle sticks, create a village full of fun learning for your kindergarten math student.

Practice counting with this winter kindergarten art project! As your child sculpts a clay igloo, he will work on math and dexterity and learn about snow.

This fun geometry game requires players to use measurement, find perimeter, and draw polygons. It's great for a fourth grade math student!

In this activity, your child will develop her sensory awareness and build important math skills while having fun outdoors.

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

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

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!

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

Your kindergartener will learn basic math concepts and create a beautiful keepsake with this African flag reference book.

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

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

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Making decorative pottery is a great way to experiment with making patterns and texture on a traditionally smooth surface.

Here's a simple math activity that has your child using her basic addition facts to solve a secret code.