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Ditch the workbooks and printables! Teach counting, math facts, and more with these hands-on preschool math activities.
My youngest is a workbook kind of kid. She loves workbooks and printables and other paper and pencil activities.
My son, however, hates having to pick up a pencil. He would much rather use his hands to learn.
If you’ve got a hands-on learner, you’re going to love this amazing collection of hands-on math activities for preschoolers.
Even if you have a paper-and-pencil kid like me, you can use these ideas to reinforce math concepts.
Hands-On Preschool Math
Learning patterns at an early age builds predicting, observation and analyzing skills. Try this simple fall patterns preschool activity!
Preschoolers adore baking, cooking, and mixing up a batch of cookies to eat. This makes kitchen math perfect for this age group!
Do your kids love math? Maybe not. But do they love race cars? Probably so! Discover how you can use race cars to teach math, so you can make the most of these little toys while teaching some important skills at the same time!
This low-prep math game is a great way to practice number recognition with your hands-on preschoolers.
For your preschool strawberry theme create a strawberry math sensory bin. Work on number recognition, counting, and one-to-one correspondence.
Practice counting to ten with this “Counting Spooky Spider Eyes” hands-on spider math activity. Perfect for preschool Halloween and spider units.
Preschoolers love playing board games. Sneak in some learning with one of these preschool math games for kids 3+.
Practice counting from one to ten with this fun pumpkin counting activity for preschoolers. Hands-on learning for the fall.
With so many fun hands-on activities for teaching and reinforcing preschool math skills, how will you choose which one to do first?
PRESCHOOL BOOKS ABOUT COUNTING
Fill your book basket with a great collection of counting books. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore. If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them through my Amazon affiliate links by clicking the images below.
Ten Black Dots – One dot can make a sun, two dots can make the eyes of a fox, and three dots can make a snowman’s face. And that’s just the beginning in this unique counting book! Count the Animals – There are several types of puzzles in the book; some focus on counting a particular animal, some on a common attribute (i.e. all the animals with tails), while a number of puzzles ask you to count two sets of animals to see which outnumbers the other. Curious George Counts From 1 to 100 – Curious George is a good little monkey, and always very curious. Now George is curious about numbers. Counting from 1 to 10 is easy, but can he count all the way to 100? George has picked the perfect day to try. It’s his town’s 100th birthday today and everyone is coming out to celebrate!
Teaching Resources
This wooden number tracing board is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers. Trace with your finger, fill with sensory items, practice counting or simply play… there are so many ways to encourage number recognition with this number board! Wooden number coins are an ideal open-ended toy for toddlers & preschoolers. Encourage your child to learn numbers and counting through play-based learning. Each set contains 21 coins – one for each number from 0-20.
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Manipulatives are the way I learned math easier when I was a kid.