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

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.

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

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

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

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 shape recognition with this matching game where your child will pair up sticks to create simple shapes.

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: