Early Childhood Numbers and Counting Activities

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

Does your child love toy cars? Here’s a terrific way for them to play with their toy cars and practice number recognition skills at the same time.

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

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

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.

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.

Boost your preschooler's math and verbal skills by having her participate in simple, fun activities that teach her how to sort, count, and categorize objects.

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.

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

This flexible activity for preschoolers features jellybeans, counting, coloring, and the five senses.

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

Check out this interactive number line. It's a great way to strengthen your preschoolers understanding of basic numbers and the numerals that represent them.

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

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!

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

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.

Familiarize your preschooler with the concept of numbers one through five and counting with this hands-on activity.

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

Play this hidden number game with your preschooler that will give her a leg up in learning numbers.

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.

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.

Strengthen your child's number recognition skills with this fun game using an old, empty egg carton!

In this fun snack-time activity, kids boost counting, sorting, and color recognition skills as they make a delicious and nutritious snack.

Practice counting to100 independently with this American flag craft project! 

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

Try a 100th Day of School Scavenger Hunt with your preschooler, and send her on the search for objects of different colors!

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

In this activity your little one will throw a beanbag at a numbered target to help improve her number recognition skills.

This do-it-anywhere guessing game helps reinforce number concepts. And it's a blast to play.

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