Early Childhood Math Activities : Page 5

Tic-tac-toe is tons of fun, but the traditional version can get a little monotonous after a while. Mix it up and try this colorful outdoor version!

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

Make a Christmas countdown calendar to get your child excited about the coming holiday. This Christmas countdown calendar helps you make holiday memories.

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

Help your child learn her numbers and how to count with this fun number game!

Heart math is a great way to celebrate Valentine's Day and familiarize your advanced preschooler with the concept of adding numbers.

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

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

Does your child need counting help? Here's a simple game that kids can do at home to help them practice counting to two-digit numbers.

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

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.

Sorting objects by size, color, shape, or function is an important concept in kindergarten math, and it's the perfect excuse for a little housekeeping!

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

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.

If your young child is a kinesthetic learner, this equation board is perfect for teaching him addition and subtraction facts.

Your preschooler will not realize she's practicing her counting skills while playing with this interactive cereal abacus!

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

Challenge your preschooler to a game of shape match-up--an entertaining way to boost her observational ability.

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

Help your kindergartener practice his shape recognition and develop his fine motor skills by making a scarecrow at home.

Sneak a little learning into Easter by making cute Easter egg counting flash cards in this preschool arts and crafts activity.

This simple bookmaking activity will introduce and reinforce alphabet and number recognition skills that have been taught at home or learned in preschool.

Pump up the learning level of your kindergartener's summer break by playing patriotic bingo when July 4th rolls around.

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

Use Henri Matisse as inspiration for your preschooler or kindergartener to create a unique and funky paper shapes collage in this arts and crafts activity.

Making food sculptures boosts creativity, and just might help your picky eater branch out!

Play this game to help froggie hop home...and teach the number line to your kindergartener while you're at it!

Put together a pine forest to help you count down the days until Christmas with your little one.

Here's a fun math-oriented arts and crafts activity for your preschool or kindergarten child: create a gumdrop topiary and practice counting along the way.

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.