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Math Activities for Preschoolers – the letter E

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Check out this collection of fun math activities for preschoolers!

1 – Counting – Count the Eggs

child using counting mat

The kids added brightly colored “eggs” to nests numbered 1-10.  My Four and Five did this on their own.  My Two enjoyed doing it with me.  See my original post here.

2 – Ordering — Big and Small Elephants

child ordering elephant cards

I printed these from Confessions of a Homeschooler.  My Four had no trouble ordering them from smallest to biggest and biggest to smallest. I was surprised at how challenging this was for my Two.  Looks like we have more ordering activities in our future!

3 – Measuring – Egg Carton Measuring

measuring toy snail

This is such a fantastic idea for nonstandard measurement, and egg cartons fit right in with Letter E.  

4 – Shapes – Pattern Block E

child building the letter E with blocks

I have a set of pattern  blocks from my teaching days. You can get these beautiful patterns free from Confessions of a Homeschooler.

5 – Counting & Addition – Counting & Make 10 with Egg Cartons

child practicing counting with gems

Here’s another idea for egg carton math.  My Four and Five worked together — my Four put in some of his 10 green gems, and his sister filled in the extra spaces with her blue ones.  She wrote the number sentences, too.  Get the full lesson from Learn with Play at Home.

6 – Counting, Number Recognition, Representation – Egg Carton / Duplo Math

child practicing counting with blocks

Here’s another wonderful idea from Learn with Play at Home. I love that it’s so versatile. I used this with my five-year-old to help her count by 10’s when forming larger  numbers. But you can use it very simply for your Two, Three, or Four.  Just make the numbers smaller.  For instructions, visit here.

7. Number Recognition – Match the Numbered Elephants

child practicing counting with numbered elephant cards

At Confessions of a Homeschooler, she uses these elephants for counting. I used them for number recognition. I printed out two sets and had my Two match the numbers. He only knows a couple of numbers by sight, so this was a way to start reinforcing them.

8 – Counting & Ordering – Order the Numbered Elephants

child ordering numbered elephant cards

Here’s another way to use those elephant numbered cards from Confessions of a Homeschooler – just put them in order.  My Four started by going down from to 1; then he put them in order from 1-10.

 

 

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13 Comments

  1. Kay

    April 3, 2017 at 9:58 pm

    I am so happy that I found your website. Thank you so much for all the free resources that you have available. I am a preschool teacher and your website has been a tremendous help to me! God Bless you

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    • Anna Geiger

      April 6, 2017 at 8:10 pm

      I’m so glad that you can use my resources, Kay! Thank you so much for your kind comment!

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  2. Jo Fly

    November 22, 2016 at 12:45 pm

    Many thanks for your amazing resources x

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    • Anna Geiger

      November 22, 2016 at 12:59 pm

      You’re very welcome, Jo – thanks for reading!

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  3. patty horvath

    March 8, 2015 at 10:08 am

    Sorry wrong site. I love your activities though too. You are my go to site, but I am having trouble printing activities from Confession of a homeschooler, not your site.

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    • Anna Geiger

      March 15, 2015 at 6:45 am

      I’m glad you’re getting stuff without trouble here! I think the challenge is that Confessions of a Homeschooler started out on blogspot, so her earlier files were harder to host and now harder to get. If you contact her via her contact form, she can hopefully help you.

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      • Patty horvath

        March 15, 2015 at 7:57 am

        I did contact her. Thank you for your help. Again I love you site and use it all the time. More work for you, but saves me lots of time.

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  4. patty horvath

    March 8, 2015 at 10:06 am

    I love your site, but always have trouble downloading your activities. Can you tell me how to download from your site.

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  5. Christina Howell

    February 21, 2014 at 11:06 pm

    Thanks for the great math ideas for the letter “e”. I featured the counting eggs with the numbered nests in my blog post when I spent a week teaching the letter “e” to my son. Thanks for the inspiration. http://howlinghorn.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-week-of-letter-e.html

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    • Anna Geiger

      February 22, 2014 at 8:55 pm

      Thanks for sharing that with me, Christina! I love the idea of using pom poms. You shared a great variety of activities!

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  6. John Vince M. Buenconsejo

    December 9, 2013 at 3:29 pm

    This activities are helpful to my class. My class also love this 🙂

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    • Anna Geiger

      December 10, 2013 at 5:09 pm

      Glad to hear it, John!

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