Check out this collection of fun math activities for preschoolers!
1 – Counting – Count the Eggs
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
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
This is such a fantastic idea for nonstandard measurement, and egg cartons fit right in with Letter E.
4 – Shapes – Pattern Block E
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
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
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
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
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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Kay
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
Anna Geiger
I’m so glad that you can use my resources, Kay! Thank you so much for your kind comment!
Jo Fly
Many thanks for your amazing resources x
Anna Geiger
You’re very welcome, Jo – thanks for reading!
patty horvath
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.
Anna Geiger
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.
Patty horvath
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.
patty horvath
I love your site, but always have trouble downloading your activities. Can you tell me how to download from your site.
Christina Howell
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
Anna Geiger
Thanks for sharing that with me, Christina! I love the idea of using pom poms. You shared a great variety of activities!
John Vince M. Buenconsejo
This activities are helpful to my class. My class also love this 🙂
Anna Geiger
Glad to hear it, John!