Early Childhood Counting Activities

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.

Does your preschooler like cereal? Explore numbers with everyday objects and food with this fun counting activity.

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

This project commemorates the milestone of completing the first 100 days of school, while giving your child a manipulative to practice counting to 100.

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!

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

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

Help your child build ice cream cones as she practices 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.

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

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

Help your child stay physically and mentally active with this group aerobic fitness game that's good for the heart and mind alike.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Create a counting book, in order from 1-30, to help your child figure out a variety of ways of recognizing and representing numbers.

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.

Help your child see numbers three ways with this simple grab-and-go game, great for quick practice in the car.

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

Your child will practice her counting and number recognition as she matches printed numbers to the same number of repetitions of a simple design.

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

If your preschooler needs counting practice, try this pared-down game. Kids count clips in each cup and find the playing card to match.

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.

Bring some winter fun into your home while your child practices her number matching skills with this adorable snowman math game.

This very physical game gets math off the page and into the real world-- and it works on number sense and estimation, key skills for kindergarten readiness.

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

Help your child make an imaginative, inexpensive spaceship from recycled materials. When the spaceship is ready, count backwards from ten and then BLAST-OFF!