Preschool Math Activities

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Preschool Math Activities

Preschool math activities can be simple and fun:

• Adding and subtracting the afternoon snack
• Counting cute fingers and toes
• Singing a fun counting song
• Playing a board game or putting together a puzzle
• Looking around at house numbers and street signs

• Activities go GREAT with:
• Fun and free preschool worksheets
  
• Simple and fun preschool lesson plans

Activity Timers

SUPPLIES:

• Stop watch
• Paper and pencil

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Child:
2. Choose an action to do.
3. See how many of that action your can do in 5 seconds.
4. Write down the number that you did and try again.

Balloon Bopping

SUPPLIES:

• Balloon

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Child:
2. Try to keep a ballon in the air.
3. Count how many bops you do.

Egg Carton Counter

SUPPLIES:

• Egg Carton
• Marker
• Beans

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Help:
2. Write numbers on each compartment in egg carton.Child:
3. Place the correct amount of beans into each compartment.

Fill it Up

SUPPLIES:

• Variety of containers
• Variety of small objects

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Child:
2. Choose a container.
3. Count how many objects it takes to fill it up.
4. Try another container.

Jump Rope Jigglers

SUPPLIES:

• Jump Rope

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Help:
2. Hold one end of a jump rope and tie the other end to a chair.
3. Move the jump rope back and forth.Child:
4. Count how many times you jump over, without touching the rope.

Rocket Ship Blast-off

SUPPLIES:

• Lots of energy

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Child:
2. Crouch low on the flour and count down from five.
3. When you get to zero jump up and say, "blast-off!"

Orange Counting

• Orange

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Child:
2. Guess how many slices are inside an orange.
3. Peel orange and count the slices.
4. Eat some slices and recount.

Snow Clothes Race

SUPPLIES:

• Stop Watch
• A Wide Variety of Snow Clothes

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Child:
2. See how fast you can put on all of the snow clothes.

Hide and Seek Bag

SUPPLIES:

• Zip-lock bag
• Small items
• Rice

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Help:
2. Place items and rice in bag, then close.Child:
3. Find the hidden items and decide what shapes they are.

Paper Chain Patterns

SUPPLIES:

• Color paper
• Scissors
• Tape

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Help:
2. Cut paper into strips.
3. Make a loop out of a strip and staple the ends.
4. Choose another strip and loop it through the first and staple.
5. Continue making loops using certain colors to make a pattern.

Clean the Clutter

SUPPLIES:

• A messy room

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Child:
2. Sort items in a messy room.
3. Place each item in the correct container.

Teddy Bear Tic Tac Toe

SUPPLIES:

• Ten stuffed animals or toys
• Masking tape

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Help:
2. Tape a large tic tac toe board onto the floor.Child:
3. Sort the stuffed animals or toys into two similar piles.
4. Choose a pile to be and play tic tac toe.

Ruler Guessing

SUPPLIES:

• Ruler

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Explain:
2. A ruler is used to measure how long things are.Child:
3. Choose an item to measure and guess how long it is.
4. Measure the item and see how close you were.