Early Childhood Math Activities : Page 2

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

Play Number Dash with your preschooler and help him learn to identify numbers, write numbers and learn about organized play.

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

Play this game that lets you create your own silly monster drawing and helps your child practice her counting skills!

Practice counting with this winter kindergarten art project! As your child sculpts a clay igloo, he will work on math and dexterity and learn about snow.

You kid can count from one to ten, no problem. They can even do it backward. Work on their addition and subtraction skills with this fun fruit picking activity.

Practice counting to100 independently with this American flag craft project! 

Put numbers and letters together -- key kindergarten math and reading skills -- while creating a marvelous game piece for outdoor play!

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

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

This project commemorates the milestone of completing the first 100 days of school, while giving your child a manipulative to practice counting to 100.

Put your kid in charge of her own survey! She'll poll her relatives and friends, collect information, and then create a colorful chart to display her findings.

Combine an introduction to shape and counting with a springtime art project by showing your kindergartener how to create a vibrant rainbow mosaic.

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

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

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.

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

Using nothing fancier than old milk cartons and popsicle sticks, create a village full of fun learning for your kindergarten math student.

This spider hat activity challenges your child to learn about spiders and improve fine motor skills. Make a spider hat with your child on Halloween or any time.

Help your daughter organize all of her barrettes with this fun and colorful activity!

This flannel board will give your child hands-on practice with math, but in a fun format, full of ladybugs.

This Play-Doh counting game will improve your little one's math skills and the hanging Christmas trees will make great decoration.

Here are some ideas for marshmallow math games you can play with your child to help teach him important concepts like estimation, area, and measurement.

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

Your child will enjoy getting math practice as they use bugs in addition and subtraction problems.

Use this fun spin-off of Bingo to help your child practice number recognition and listening skills!

Counting with one-to-one correspondence is an important kindergarten math skill. This simple activity turns it into a play-anywhere game.

This fun, addition focused take on the classic card game War is a great way to help your child get a strong hold on addition.

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 fun math game will help develop your child's counting skills and number recognition skills.