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

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.

Any decent Halloween celebration isn't complete without a cat. Even though this cat has an arched back to look as if it's hissing, it's still cute!

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

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

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.

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

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!

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!

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

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.

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

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

Boost your preschooler's math and verbal skills by having her participate in simple, fun activities that teach her how to sort, count, and categorize objects.

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

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.

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

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

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

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

Here's a Halloween, math activity: have your preschooler or pre-kindergartener carve shapes into a Jack-O-Lantern face and boost her shape recognition skills.

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.

This engaging, fun, pattern resist painting is inspired by your little one's love of shapes.

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

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.

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!

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

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

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