Even though I’m calling this math activity a number game for kindergarteners, it’s also appropriate for preschoolers and younger. It’s something fun my son and I decided to do to practice number and quantity recognition. He’s so excited about learning some math in school this year (even though kindergarten math is basically counting). He sees…
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Math Activities for Kids
My oldest son was an early math learner so we've spend lots of time at home playing math games and setting up math activities to supplement his school work. Along the way I've learned math doesn't have to be all about worksheets and memorization, it can be creative, too!
For a quick overview be sure to peruse 25 favorite creative math ideas for after school.
We adore merging mathematics and art in amazing math art activities.
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5 Shape Activities Perfect for Preschoolers
Easy Shape Activities for Preschoolers Over the last few years I’ve shared a number of learning activities the kids and I have done at home. The boys always had fun with shape activities which create a strong foundation for math and geometry later on. I don’t do many round-up posts because you can find all…
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Math Art Activity: Tessellations
If you’re looking for a math art activity I highly recommend teaching your kids about Tessellations! Tessellations are repetitive patterns of shapes that fit perfectly together across a 2-dimensional plane of space (think of how floor tiles fit together, or the graphic artist M.C. Escher). Creating tessellations is the perfect project for someone like my…
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Easy Indoor Ball Game
Indoor ball games for kids can be a fun way to spend a rainy day inside and if you have a cardboard box, some marbles or ping-pong balls, putting together this indoor ball game could not be easier. Cut a few holes in a box and put it on the floor. The boys used marbles…
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10 Ways To Play With Pom Poms
One of my favorite distraction tools for New Kid is our big bag of pom poms. They are great for fine motor manipulation, art and craft play, pretend play as well as a tossing around the apartment without worrying about breaking anything! (Note: this post contains affiliate links.) We have gigantic one pound bag of…
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Game of the Month: Colorku
My seven year old loves his giant sized version of Color Sudoku called Colorku. It is a little pricey; he received it as a gift and it gets a lot of use. I love that he can play the game independently, so it keeps him busy while I’m doing other things. Colorku (affiliate link) is played…
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Pattern Play for Toddlers and Preschoolers
An understanding of patterns and patterning is an important early math skill. This felt pattern puzzle is a simple indoor activity to make at home and have on hand for those moments with toddlers and preschoolers when this is “nothing to do.” Cut up a variety of felt pieces in different colors and shapes. I…
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Easy Math Game: Fiverton
In my last post covering Tools for Math Games I promised you another easy and fun math game you can do at home. Plus, Kiddo adores this game and wants to play it all the time. For this one we use poker chips, but you could easily substitute a quantity of buttons, beads, blocks, etc….
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Tracking the Weather with Kids
In November Kiddo tracked the daily high and low temperatures on a piece of graph paper. This was fun for him since he is so loves numbers and all things weather-related. He liked studying the graph everyday while he ate (it hung and the wall near the table). I think if we do this again,…
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Counting with Pom Pons
New Kid is just about the age Kiddo was when I started this blog. This is significant because it means you will probably be seeing more preschooling ideas around here. Well… maybe. I make no promises. Case in point: sorting and counting. I turned the very useful egg carton into a pom pom sorter, counting…
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