Kindergarten and 1st Grade Counting Activities

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

Try this new twist to the traditional memory game to help your learner match number symbols to the correct quantity while sharpening their memory skills!

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

Help your child build ice cream cones as she practices her counting skills

Help your child stay physically and mentally active with this group aerobic fitness game that's good for the heart and mind alike.

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

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.

Celebrate the 100th day of school by creating a geometric, math-inspired mural in the style of Henri Matisse in this creative kindergarten grade art activity.

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

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.

Help your child see numbers three ways with this simple grab-and-go game, great for quick practice in the car.

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

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

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

Help your kindergartener practice counting from one to ten with this fun outdoor activity. Make a "My Backyard Counting Book" to review counting to ten.

Bring some winter fun into your home while your child practices her number matching skills with this adorable snowman math game.

Help your child make an imaginative, inexpensive spaceship from recycled materials. When the spaceship is ready, count backwards from ten and then BLAST-OFF!

Practice counting to100 independently with this American flag craft project! 

This countdown to Christmas craft is fun for kids who are excited for the holiday. Countdown to Christmas with this fun holiday activity.

This fun outdoor game will help your child develop her addition and subtraction skills and teach her basic arithmetic while keeping her active.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Let your child lend a helping hand while decorating the Christmas tree this year! This festive activity doubles as a lesson focusing on the number five.

Help your child practice her counting as she makes this fun and festive holiday decoration!

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

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.