Early Childhood Math Activities : Page 4

Have fun with the kids by "shaping up" your standard chocolate chip cookie recipe, and teach kids about sorting and shapes while you're at it.

Is your kid struggling with number recognition? Here's a great way to go fishing for numbers that will feel more like play than counting practice.

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.

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

Make an edible bracelet from Froot Loops and a shoelace! This Block Institute art activity will engage your special needs or mainstream child at snacktime.

This fun math game will help develop your child's counting skills and number recognition skills.

You don't need to spend big bucks to buy a pre-boxed version of a matching game at the store. You can make your own easily. Here's how:

Check out this twist on a peanut butter and banana sandwich. The banana replaces the bread to make the perfect fun and nutritious after-school snack.

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.

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.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

Here's a tasty way to give your child some counting practice.

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

Plan ahead for summer, by constructing a holiday calendar with your child. A great way to teach kids about time!

In this leap frog activity, your child will use her muscles to jump over her friends and onto lily pads as she practices number recognition.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

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

If your young child is a kinesthetic learner, this equation board is perfect for teaching him addition and subtraction facts.

Serve up this pretend play activity to your preschooler to give her counting skills a healthy boost.

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

This spider hat activity challenges your child to learn about spiders and improve fine motor skills. Make a spider hat with your child on Halloween or any time.

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

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

Practice counting, sequencing, and pattern recognition with your young learner in this fun math card game!

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 will not realize she's practicing her counting skills while playing with this interactive cereal abacus!

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

Dig up some dinos while promoting curiosity and sensory skills in this hands-on activity that will have your child searching for prehistoric treasure!

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

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