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Math & Numbers activities
Hands-on early math activities and printable worksheets for children aged 1 to 7. Kids count real objects, recognize numbers, sort, compare sizes, spot patterns and name shapes, building the number sense that later math depends on. Each activity explains what to look for, so you can see exactly how your child's thinking is growing.
33 activities
Activities
Fall Scavenger Hunt
Explore an outdoor space and mark nine fall treasures as you find them.
Scavenger hunt
Year-End Number Bingo 1 to 20
Play bingo with two number cards and calling cards. A fun way to recognize numbers from 1 to 20.
Bingo
Adding Cars and Buses
Count cars and buses and solve six addition problems with totals up to 10.
Picture math
Find and Count Farm Animals
Find the farm animals and objects, count each group, and write how many there are. Counts go up to 12.
I spy and count
Letter Path Board Game
Roll the die, move along the path, and name words that begin with the letters you land on.
Board game
Star, Bell and Gift Patterns
Continue five ABC and AABB patterns by drawing stars, bells and gifts. Look for what repeats and discover what comes next.
Patterns
Make 10 With Hearts
Count the hearts in six ten frames and draw the missing hearts to make 10.
Ten frames
Weekly Weather Graph
Observe and record the weather for seven days, then color a graph to find out which kind of weather appeared most often.
Count and graph
Subtract With Pictures
Count pies and fruit, trace the cross-out marks, and find out how many are left on the party table.
Picture math
Count Stars and Planets
Count five groups of stars and planets and write how many are in each group. Explore numbers from 11 to 20 with adult support.
Counting
Count Space Objects
Find rockets, planets, stars, astronauts and moons in space. Count each group and record how many you found.
I spy and count
Vehicle Picture Sudoku
Complete a 4×4 picture sudoku with a car, bus, airplane, and boat. Cut and glue the pictures so each row and column has one of each vehicle.
Picture sudoku
Count and Graph Fruit
Count apples, bananas, bunches of grapes, and strawberries. Color the graph to find out which fruit appears most.
Count and graph
Square and Rectangle Shapes
Trace a square and a rectangle, color familiar objects, and draw an example of each shape.
Shapes
Pumpkin Counting Fingerplay
An original fingerplay for counting down from five to zero, with a paper pumpkin for each finger.
Songs & fingerplays
Adding Fish to 5
Count two groups of fish, put them together, and write the total in five simple addition problems.
Picture math
Count Apples in Ten Frames
Count the apples in six ten frames and write how many are in each one.
Ten frames
Sort Animals by Habitat
Cut out and sort nine animals into sky, water, or land. Practice observing, talking, and classifying together.
Sort and classify
Find the Number 7
Find and circle the eight 7s hidden among snowflakes numbered 1 to 9.
Find and circle
Living and Nonliving Things
Cut out and sort eight garden pictures into living and nonliving groups. Observe, talk, and classify together.
Sort and classify
Shapes Memory Game
Find five pairs of colorful shapes and name them in a memory game for 3-year-olds.
Memory game
Match Summer Opposites
Match four pairs of opposites with animals and summer things: big and small, hot and cold, fast and slow, day and night.
Opposites
Tracing and Counting Number 4
Trace the number 4, count butterflies, color flowers, and find the 4s.
Number practice
Farm Animal Odd One Out
In each row, children look at four animals and circle the one that doesn't usually live on a farm.
Odd one out