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

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.

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.

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

Using a fruit cereal and yarn, help your preschooler create crunchy, edible patterns.

Your child will practice her counting and number recognition as she matches printed numbers to the same number of repetitions of a simple design.

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

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

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

Reuse old cardboard boxes and popsicle sticks to create a miniature sled that is perfect for pretend play with dolls or action figures.

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.

Bring the classic game of "Red Rover" up to date with color and shape recognition skills for your child.

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!

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.

Create clear sound shakers so your preschooler can observe and compare the different sounds that objects make!

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!

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Help your preschooler create ice cube bead necklaces to cool off while practicing gross motor skills and sequencing, and discussing states of matter.

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

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

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

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!

Kindergarten algebra is a lot different than high school. In kindergarten math, algebra means grouping like things, or noticing what doesn't belong in a set.

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

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.

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.

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