Early Childhood Math Activities : Page 4

This hands-on activity that involves arranging pieces of yarn will teach your pre-K child the concept of ordering items by length in an interesting way.

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!

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

Shamrock Stamps are a great way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Simple and symmetrical, this symbol of Irish culture is the perfect shape for prints.

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

Create a counting book, in order from 1-30, to help your child figure out a variety of ways of recognizing and representing numbers.

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:

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

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

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

Here's a tasty way to give your child some counting practice.

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:

Regale your kindergartener with the beloved story of Rudolph, and then segue into a Christmas craft project in which he makes his own reindeer creation!

Make caterpillars out of papier-mache and let the kids explore their inner creepy crawler.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

From Canada's flag, to the Toronto Maple Leafs, to classic maple syrup cookies, the maple tree is very much a part of Canadian heritage.

Make an edible bracelet from Froot Loops and a shoelace! This Block Institute art activity will engage your special needs or mainstream child at snacktime.

Here's a fun math game you can use to practice counting, addition or subtraction with your child.

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.

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

Dig up some dinos while promoting curiosity and sensory skills in this hands-on activity that will have your child searching for prehistoric treasure!

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

These handmade Christmas treat cups are perfect for house parties, school celebrations, and holiday bake sales.

Teach your preschooler color recognition using this handy egg carton sorter. She will group objects by color and learn to recognize their names with this tool.

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

Make this paper chain calendar and give your child a visual reminder of the passing of time.

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

Here's a math game for your preschooler or kindergartener that'll make number recognition as easy as a pizza pie!

Plan ahead for summer, by constructing a holiday calendar with your child. A great way to teach kids about time!

Your child can count out six pumpkins or six crayons, but what is a six all by itself? ThatÃs a much harder concept to grasp.