Early Childhood Math Activities

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!

Halloween is approaching, so why not create some ghost flash cards that will help your child learn their numbers the spooky way?

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

This Halloween, encourage your child to create a super sweet mosaic. They'll make a candy corn pumpkin and then decide if they want to eat it, or keep it!

Does your child love toy cars? Here’s a terrific way for them to play with their toy cars and practice number recognition skills at the same time.

Encourage your child to compare and contrast a wide variety of autumn-themed items by weighing various objects and recording their findings.

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.

Your preschooler or kindergartener will count their way to Valentine's Day while designing an imaginative and artistic set of counting cards!

Take math off the page and into the real world. This simple game gives kindergarten kids hands-on practice with basic addition.

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

Celebrate Chinese New Year by teaching your child how to use chopsticks! She'll build her math and fine motor skills as she does this activity.

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!

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

Use old coffee cans and socks to make a beanbag toss game for kids in preschool and kindergarten. This activity is great for math and coordination.

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.

This activity spotlights everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, and preserves your child's handprints in his "antlers".

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

Want to help your kid with math? Get out the grab bag! This game is a great way to practice the tricky business of associating numbers with sets of objects.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

There's nothing like a treasure hunt to get kids excited about math and sorting.

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

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

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

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!

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

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

In this simple math activity, your young learner will compare two types of Valentine's Day candy using a Venn diagram.

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

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

Send your child on a hunt throughout the house for numbers to help develop her number recognition and ordering skills.