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Count around the house activity

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Looking for a fun indoor math activity to do with your preschooler? Try these number cards!

picture of child counting toy cars

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Our beautiful fall weather has come to an end, and even though it’s still October, winter weather is here! I created this counting activity to help us make the most of being indoors.

child using number cards

I created a set of number cards. Each card has a picture of an object we can easily find in our house.

How to assemble

  • Print the cards on cardstock.
  • Bind with a metal ring.

Before we began our hunt, we read all the cards. This was good practice with number identification.

child using number cards

My Three knows some of her numbers, but she wasn’t sure about this one.

child using number cards

The set has 40 different cards – with two different cards for each number 1-20.

Since my daughter is still working at basic counting, I only used the 1-10 cards.

child using number cards

We found three hats in the closet.

child counting spoons

She collected nine spoons from the kitchen drawer.

child counting paper clips

We raided Daddy’s desk for the paper clips.

child counting paper clips

It’s hard to count ten objects in a row! (I helped.)

child counting buttons

Dumping out the button jar …

counting cards

This one was easy!

counting toothbrushes

Counting to two = easy peasy.

counting legos

She needed some help with this one.

counting dice

We counted four dice.

counting stuffed animals

My One wanted to grab the stuffed animals after we counted.

counting toy cars

We finished with seven toy cars.

I didn’t share every picture, but we counted 20 different sets of objects! We hope you can use these counting cards at your own house. Have fun!

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Filed Under: Counting, Math Tagged With: counting, preschool, kindergarten, Pre-K

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8 Comments

  1. Carmen Lovejoy

    November 21, 2017 at 11:23 am

    Hey!! Sending THANKS from Iowa!!! I am a mother of a 2 boys. Liam is 4 and is a non-verbal ASD sweetheart, and his Neurotypical brother is 5. Both boys are in school, and it’s been really fun making my own adapted books that BOTH boys enjoy, and they have fun doing it! Thanks again!!

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    • Anna G

      November 23, 2017 at 6:42 pm

      Thank you for introducing yourself, Carmen! I’m glad you find my site useful!

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  2. Cristina Ricci

    November 1, 2017 at 5:29 am

    Dear Anne
    Thank you so very much, your freebies are a godsend as i have been using them in class and the children love them a lot. I am very grateful to you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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    • Anna G

      November 2, 2017 at 5:41 pm

      You’re very welcome, Cristina! I’m glad these work for you and your children!

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  3. Linda

    October 30, 2017 at 3:08 am

    Thanks for the idea Anna, begin a kindergarten teacher is a whole lot of fun. This idea of counting with cards is so simple and easy for them to play with numbers, i gonna try this for my upcoming classes, And I also check out your other DIY artworks. Keep up the good work. You made my day. Cheers…

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    • Anna G

      November 2, 2017 at 5:39 pm

      You’re very welcome, Linda! Thank you so much for the encouragement!

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  4. Carrie

    October 29, 2017 at 9:24 am

    I spy a Milwaukee Brewers hat! Are you from Wisconsin or just an out of town fan?

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    • Anna G

      October 29, 2017 at 6:01 pm

      Good eye, Carrie, ha ha! We are in Wisconsin, but probably not Brewers fans. We just have the hat. 🙂 Neither my husband nor I grew up here, but when in Rome …

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