Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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

Play with shapes, like triangles and circles, to help your child review the different kinds and create a new picture!

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

Help your kindergartener practice his shape recognition and develop his fine motor skills by making a scarecrow at home.

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

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

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.

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

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!

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!

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

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.

Want to add a little craftiness to preschool math? Break out the glue gun and create a button board!

You don't need to spend big bucks to buy a pre-boxed version of a matching game at the store. You can make your own easily. Here's how: