Early Childhood Holidays Math Activities

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.

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!

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

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!

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

Candy cane ornaments bring some cheer to your Christmas tree. Make a batch of candy cane ornaments with your child to practice patterning and fine motor skills.

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

Practice counting to100 independently with this American flag craft project! 

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.

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

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

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

Give your child some practice with even numbers, while creating a cute Christmas keepsake. Create this skip counting book.

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

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.

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!

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

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.

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

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

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

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