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.

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.

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

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

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