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Monster Math Games & Activities – with loads of free printables for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade

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Browse through this list to find free math activities for kids from preschool through first grade!

Monster Math for preschool, kindergarten and first grade - the measured mom

 1 – Counting, One-to-One Correspondence, Subitizing, Matching – Monster Dice Match

Check out this giant round-up of FREE monster math activities for kids from preschool-grade 1!

Your preschooler can practice a lot of basic math skills with this simple game.  Each of you uses a game board. Take turns rolling a numbered die.  Then cover the matching square on the board. The first to cover his entire board, wins.  You can read more about it and get four different game boards in my original post.  If you want to adapt this game for a younger preschooler, roll a dotted die and just practice matching it to one on the game board.

2 – Counting, One-to-One Correspondence, Matching  – Monster Memory

Check out this giant round-up of FREE monster math activities for kids from preschool-grade 1!

 My Three loves matching games, so I built on that by creating this matching memory game to help him practice counting objects up to 10. You can get the free download from my original post.

3 – Subtraction – Read and Subtract

Check out this giant round-up of FREE monster math activities for kids from preschool-grade 1!

A few months ago, I created Ten Little Monsters, a  free book for early readers.  I used my Pink Pueblo clip art to make a set of monsters, cut them out, and used them as manipulatives to teach my Three about subtraction.  As we read the book, we counted the set of monsters and took one away each time a monster left.  He counted the new total each time.  You can get your own free copy of Ten Little Monsters by visiting this post.

4 – Addition – Monster Mash Roll and Color

Check out this giant round-up of FREE monster math activities for kids from preschool-grade 1!

My Four and Six loved this activity. They took turns rolling two dice, adding them together, and coloring the sum.  The one who colored the entire board first, won.

Check out this giant round-up of FREE monster math activities for kids from preschool-grade 1!

While they were playing this, my Three used a simpler version with numbers only from 1-6. He rolled the die and colored the matching number. I was quite surprised when he completed the whole page all on his own! Get four free monster game boards from Little Miss Kindergarten.

5- Odd/Even – Monster Math Odd & Even Packet

Check out this giant round-up of FREE monster math activities for kids from preschool-grade 1!

I just love this cute printable from Teach With Me!  My first grader sorted the monster cards by odd and even.  She placed odd numbers on Odd Twad. Even numbers went on Even Shteven.  We used glass gems to help determine which numbers were odd and even. She also learned that you can tell if a number is odd or even by looking at the last digit.

6 – Addition – Missing Addend Monster Flip Cards

Check out this giant round-up of FREE monster math activities for kids from preschool-grade 1!

My just-turned-Five used these cards to find the missing addends from groups up to 10.  He solved some problems in his head and used manipulatives on the tougher cards. You can read more about it and get the missing addend flip cards from my original post.

7 – Counting, One-to-One Correspondence, Number Recognition – Monster Count & Clip Cards

Check out this giant round-up of FREE monster math activities for kids from preschool-grade 1!

I have a weakness for count-and-clip cards — so simple, but so appealing for little hands. My Three practiced counting monster groups up to 10. My Five practiced counting sets from 11-20.  Get your free printable here.

8 – Counting, One-to-One Correspondence, Subitizing   — Say it, Count it, Write it

Check out this giant round-up of FREE monster math activities for kids from preschool-grade 1!

I love this free math mat from Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers!  I laminated the board and got out a dry erase marker, googly eyes, and a die.  My Five rolled the die, added the correct number of googly eyes, and wrote the corresponding numeral in the box.  Then he erased the number and played again.

9- Patterns – Monster Pattern Cards

Check out this giant round-up of FREE monster math activities for kids from preschool-grade 1!

My Three definitely needed work with patterns!  Here’s what it sounded like:

“Let’s look at our pattern. We have red, green, red, green… what’s next?”
“Blue!”
“Well, no, there aren’t any blue here.  We want to keep the same pattern. Let’s try again.  Red, green, red, green…”
“Yellow!”

It was all starting to come together after some more practice. 🙂  Get these from the monster pack from 2 Teaching Mommies.

 10 – Ordering – Monster Math Ordering 3 Numbers

Check out this giant round-up of FREE monster math activities for kids from preschool-grade 1!

Since we’d done a lot of work with the monster hundreds chart (see earlier in this post), my Five had gotten a pretty good handle on reading numbers from 1-100. The question was – did he understand them? Could he order them from least to greatest?  While he sometimes made some mistakes, he caught himself and did a great job ordering sets of three. To make this more challenging, you could give your child a larger set of numbers to put in order.  Or set out a large set and give him a number to fit in its correct place.

You can download these monster cards for free by clicking on this link.

Check out these fabulous monster-themed math ideas from around the web!

  • Get out the googly eyes and do this fun monster math on a tray – from No Time for Flashcards.
  •  Teach addition and subtraction with this cute and creative idea from Inner Child Learning. 
  • Create your own monsters out of boxes and do a variety of fun learning with with these ideas from Nurture Store.
  •  Combine math and playdoh with this idea by Crayon Freckles over on Learn with Play at Home.
  •  Count-and-fill Frankstein!  See the idea over at No Time for Flashcards.
  • You’ll find practice pages for addition, subtraction, counting, and comparing with this Monster Pack from 3 Dinosaurs.
  • Monster Money Match  from Me and My Gang
  • Monster Snack Attack (counting, ordering, addition) from Heather’s Heart
  • Tally Monster Freebie by Littlest Scholars
  • Monster Addition Worksheet (sums to 10) 
  • Happy Monsters Tot Pack from 1+1+1=1
  • Monster Kindergarten Printables from 1+1+1=1
  • Match Monster Addition Cards & Sums  from Pitner’s Potpourri
  • Monster Math Subtraction Problems Worksheet
  • Monster Math Problems

Free Math Printables for Pre-K-3rd Grade

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  2. Grace

    June 7, 2019 at 11:16 pm

    I love your monster 100 chart! Thank you. Any plans to make a monster 120 chart?

    Regardless, I appreciate all the wonderful learning you are facilitating with your website.

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    • Anna G

      June 15, 2019 at 9:31 pm

      Not at this time, Grace, but I do have 1-130 monster number cards: https://www.themeasuredmom.com/free-number-cards-1-100-ideas-use/

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  3. Fran C

    April 24, 2019 at 4:40 pm

    Thank you for sharing your wonderful materials with us. They are inviting to the kids, and cover skills in such a creative manner.

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    • Anna G

      April 27, 2019 at 8:41 am

      I’m so glad to hear that, Fran!

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  4. Emilie

    June 27, 2016 at 8:27 pm

    Hi ! I really like your website ! I use your math activity with my class. I’m in french so I can’t use all the others activities.

    I have a question for you, where do you take your monsters (picture) ? My class is the class of the little monsters and i really like your monsters !

    Sorry for my english, it’s not perfect !
    Thanks !
    Emilie

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    • Anna Geiger

      June 27, 2016 at 8:29 pm

      You write very well, Emilie! Our younger daughter has “Emilie” as her middle name. 🙂

      I bought my clip art from many different sources. The ones I used the most in these printables can be purchased here:

      https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cute-Monsters-Clip-Art-Clipart-Aliens-Clip-Art-Clipart-Commercial-and-Personal-1427918

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      • Emilie

        June 27, 2016 at 8:33 pm

        Thanks !!

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  5. Debbie Abbott

    May 5, 2016 at 1:34 pm

    I was so very excited to find your website. I teach in a self contained k-2 classroom with students that have Autism. Everything that I have printed from your site works fantastic with my students. Its easy to prepare and works great in my task boxes. I have shared your website with my teaching partner who is also now hooked.

    Keep up the great job!!

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    • Anna Geiger

      May 9, 2016 at 10:30 am

      Hi Debbie! Thank you so much for your comment. I’m always so pleased to hear that children with autism are enjoying my resources. I really appreciate you sharing my website!

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  6. Shannon Kendall

    April 3, 2016 at 9:30 pm

    I am a student at university in Australia and have just found your website. These games and activities are awesome! You’re really helping me build up my resources. Thank you for being so kind and sharing them for free. Will be recommending you to my Uni friends.
    Thanks!

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    • Anna Geiger

      April 5, 2016 at 5:30 pm

      I’m so glad you found my site, Shannon, and a big THANK YOU for passing my site along to your friends!

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  7. Stephany

    September 13, 2015 at 5:09 pm

    I think that this hundreds chart is a great early finisher challenge choice for the end of math small groups, thank you for always having amazing resources!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      September 21, 2015 at 11:04 am

      You’re very welcome, Stephany!

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  8. Julie Martinez

    October 2, 2014 at 10:56 am

    I like this Monster Math.. This is so cute. My kids will love these…

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  9. Katie Currie

    August 3, 2014 at 8:00 pm

    I love all your ideas! I will be using these in my preschool classroom!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      August 3, 2014 at 8:30 pm

      Thanks so much, Katie! I’m so glad to hear it.

      Reply to this comment
  10. Helen

    October 26, 2013 at 2:22 pm

    Wow, I love your ideas! I have just finished making the Frankenstein counting activity for my Kindergartens, I am certain it will be a hit.! Thanks for sharing your wonderful site and now off to start looking at all your pins!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      November 1, 2013 at 10:40 pm

      So glad you found things you can use, Helen!

      Reply to this comment
  11. Brittany

    October 18, 2013 at 1:41 pm

    Thank you for sharing! These are super cute and I can’t wait to use them with my 1st grader and preschooler!!

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    • Anna Geiger

      October 20, 2013 at 5:18 am

      Thanks for checking them out, Brittany! I hope you have a lot of fun.

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  12. Anna Geiger

    October 12, 2013 at 6:59 am

    Thanks so much for the feature!

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  13. Kristina

    October 11, 2013 at 1:47 pm

    I cannot get over how much I’ve loved all of these! My kiddo is so excited to be doing them and we are having so much fun. I normally avoid linkies (too much to look at, not enough time), but I’m so glad I looked at all of these! Thanks for the share!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      October 12, 2013 at 7:00 am

      Thank you, Kristina, you made my day : ) So glad you’re finding some fun learning ideas!

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  14. Susan Evans

    October 4, 2013 at 10:41 am

    What fun printables! Thanks for sharing. Monster Munchies has always been one of the favorite books of my kids.

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    • Anna Geiger

      October 5, 2013 at 5:47 am

      Thanks, Susan – that’s a book we’ll have to check out!

      Reply to this comment
  15. Christine M. (Cool Mom) - Tech Support for Stanley & Katrina

    October 2, 2013 at 9:24 am

    Wow! The monsters are adorable! LOVE, love them! Will be sharing. Thanks for visiting Stanley & Katrina’s blog this week. Have a very happy rest of the week and weekend ahead.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      October 5, 2013 at 5:47 am

      Thanks so much, Christine!

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  16. Meghan

    October 1, 2013 at 8:19 am

    These are awesome! Just discovered your site and I am so excited as both a 1st grade teacher and mommy to a preschooler! Thank you so much for sharing!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      October 5, 2013 at 5:46 am

      I’m so glad you found me, Megan! I love when teachers find my site. I’d love for you to spread the word : )

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      • Anna Geiger

        October 5, 2013 at 5:47 am

        Sorry, *Meghan!

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