50+ Easy Math Activities for Kids

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Looking for easy counting or early math activities for your toddler or preschooler? Then you’re come to the right place! Scroll down and you will find a collection of the best math activities I’ve done with my daughter when she was 2 and 3 years old and few ones we want to do!

Easy Hands-On Math Activities

Learning math should be fun and these activities will help foster that in your toddler or preschooler. Before your child starts school they will start to develop their early math skills from the things they see and do everyday.

Early math skills include number sense, learning patterns, measurements and spatial sense among other things. It includes learning about shapes, problem solving as well as learning to count.

Here you will find tons of simple to set up activities to help your toddler or preschooler practice their shapes, number recognition and counting.

This amazing resources is organized into 3 key math and early math skills:

  1. Counting Activities;
  2. Shape Activities; and
  3. Pattern Activities.

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Easy Math Activities for Kids

Counting Ice Cream Sprinkles Activity

Counting Ice Cream Sprinkles is a fun activity that will have your little one practicing their counting and making an ice cream masterpiece.

Counting Raindrops: Easy Post-it Math Activity

Looking for a fun and educational rainy day activity for your child? Check out this raindrop counting activity!

Apple Seed Counting Board

Apple Seed Counting Board is a fun and easy to create hands-on sensory counting activity for toddlers and preschoolers.

Haunted House Counting Activity

We’re diving into a bewitching activity that’s perfect for young learners: the Haunted House Counting Activity.

Easy Button Counting Activity

Button Counting is a fun counting and gluing activity for toddlers and preschoolers. Super easy and fun math activity for kids.

Plastic Spoon Easter Bunny Counting for Preschoolers

Plastic spoon Easter Bunny counting a fun and easy way for preschoolers to practice counting and early math skills this Easter.

Rocket Ship Clothespin Counting Activity

Rocket Ship Clothespin Counting Activity is a fun and easy fine motor counting activity using clothespin that is perfect for preschoolers

Easter Egg Number Match Puzzle Sensory Bin

Easter Egg Number Match Sensory Bin is a fun number matching activity for preschoolers. It makes a fun activity for kids to practice counting!

Spider Counting: DIY Wipeable Math Board for Kids

DIY Spider Counting Board for Kids is a fun way to practice counting, number recognition as well as prewriting skills this Halloween.

Bottle Cap Counting Board

Create a bottle cap counting board for your toddler or preschooler to practice counting. It is a great DIY hands-on counting activity!

Skeleton Bones Counting Activity

Skeleton Bone Counting Activity for Kids is a creative and educational idea that’s both fascinating and fun.

The Best Counting Activities For Preschoolers

Learning to count with your preschooler need not to be boring or filled with worksheets! Check out these easy counting activities!

Hot Chocolate Counting Sensory Bag

Hot chocolate sensory bag is a fun and easy way to practice counting this winter! Count the marshmallows into the cups of hot chocolate.

Cotton Ball Apple Tree Counting Activity

Cotton Ball Apple Counting Activity is a fun hands-on math activity for preschoolers. It also a great way to practice fine motor skills.

Apple Tree Q-Tip Counting Activity for Preschoolers

Apple tree q-tip counting for preschoolers is a fun fall learning activity. Great for a fall or apple themed preschool unit.

Sensory Rice Caterpillar Counting: Toddler Math

Sensory Rice Caterpillar Counting is a fun early math activity for Spring. This easy and colourful idea is great for preschoolers!

Counting Christmas Presents Toddler Activity

Christmas Present Counting is a fun math activity for toddlers & preschoolers. Be Santa and count out the presents for under the tree!

Corn Counting Sensory Bag

Corn Counting Sensory Bag preschool activity is a fun and easy fine motor counting activity for toddlers and preschoolers for Fall. Use kernels of corn to practice counting!

Spider Bottle Cap Counting Board

Spinning a web of fun and learning, the Spider Bottle Cap Counting Board transforms everyday items into a fun activity for your little one!

Fall Tree Counting

Fall Tree Counting preschool activity is a fun fine motor counting activity for Fall. Decorate a mini tree and practice counting!

Heart Counting Bags

Heart Counting Bags is an easy counting activity for toddlers & preschoolers! Create counting bags for a fun math activity for Valentine’s.

Dot Sticker Cupcake Math: Easy Toddler Activity

Dot Sticker Cupcake Math is a fun and easy way to practice counting and number recognition with your toddler and preschooler.

Hedgehog Counting Craft: A Fun Fall Activity

Jump into our delightful Counting Hedgehog Craft, blending the magic of fall with essential number skills!

Mushroom Math: Cardboard Counting Board

Transform a cardboard canvas into an interactive learning space. Let your child’s counting skills bloom with this Mushroom Math Board.

Jellyfish Counting: Window Foam Activity

Dive into an ocean of learning and creativity with this fun and easy Jellyfish Counting Window Foam Activity!

Ice Cream Window Counting

Here we’re taking the sweetness of ice cream and blending it with a fun and educational window Ice Cream counting activity for kids!

Bee Counting Sensory Bin

Get ready to create a bee counting sensory bin for kids aged 3 to 5 using vibrant colored rice, soft pompoms, and cardboard tubes.

Cupcake Liner Math Activity

Cupcake Liner Math Activity is a fun fine motor counting activity for toddlers and preschooler. Simple math fun for little fingers!

Caterpillar Pom Pom Counting: Easy Toddler Math

Caterpillar Pom Pom Counting is a fun early math activity for Spring! This colourful fine motor counting idea is great for preschoolers.

Dot Sticker Pot of Gold Math

Dot Sticker Pot of Gold Math is a fun and colourful counting idea for St. Patrick’s Day using dot stickers! And a great fine motor activity!

Handprint Counting Mittens: Winter Math

Handprint Counting Mittens is a fun way to practice counting in winter! This fun math activity is a fun way for toddlers and preschoolers.

Shamrock Counting Wands: St. Patrick’s Day Math

Shamrock counting wands is a fun and easy math activity for toddlers and preschoolers. Create shamrock wands this St. Patrick’s Day!

Feather Counting Wands: Thanksgiving Math

Feather counting wands is a fun and easy math activity for toddlers and preschoolers. Create feather wands for your child this Thanksgiving!

100 Counting Box: An Easy Math Activity for Kids

Looking for a fun counting activity for your preschooler or kindergartner? Check out this easy to set up counting activity using a cardboard box!

Paper Bag Counting

Age: 2.5 years +

You’ll need: Paper Bag, Black sharpie, counters (such as crayons, Pom Poms, squeeze caps, markers etc.)

TIP: place the objects inside the bag and have your toddler pull them out and count them. Then have them put them back in, counting as they go. You can count for them if they aren’t able to.

Flower Counting Sticky Wall

This flower counting sticky wall is so simple to set up and makes a great way to practice number recognition and counting with toddlers!

Age 2.5 years old +

Easter Egg Number Match Puzzle Sensory Bin

Easter Egg Number Match Sensory Bin is a fun number matching activity for preschoolers. It makes a fun activity for kids to practice counting!

Button Counting

Age: 2.5 years old +

Counting Fish Sticky Wall

Age: 2 years old +

Counting Fish Sensory Bin

Age: 2 years old +

Back to the Zoo: Counting Activity

Age: 2 years old +

Mystery Math: A Crayon Resist Activity

Age: 4 years old +

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Rubber Duck Math Race

Age: 4 years old +

Rubber duck race easy math activities for toddlers and preschoolers

Rain Drop Counting Sticky Wall

Age: 2.5 years old +

You’ll Need: Contact paper, and colourful foam sheets, black sharpie and masking tape.

Cut out white cloud and rain drops. Write the number on the clouds. Trace the clouds and the raindrops on the sticky wall. Invite your toddler to stick the cloud and the corresponding number of rain drops on the sticky wall counting as they go.

TIP: Count for toddler if they get focused on just sticking the shapes.

Pom Pom Number Sweep

Age: 4 years old +

Pom Pom number sweep easy math activities for toddlers and preschoolers

Tube Counting Math Game

Age: 3 years old +

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Dot Sticker Counting UNO Math

Age: 3 years old +

Acorn Counting: A Fall Counting Activity

Age: 2 years old +

ACORN COUNTING for Toddlers fall activity

Pumpkin Counting: A Halloween Math Activity

Age: 2.5 years old +

Pom Pom Scoop

Age: 2.5 years old +

Number Dig, Wash & Match

Age: 3 years old +

Rainbow Numbers – A missing number activity

Age: 4 years old +

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Birthday Math Sensory Bin

Here is a fun happy birthday math sensory bin for toddlers that they will love! It’s an amazing way to practice counting while making colourful birthday cupcakes!

Age: 3 years old +

Math Sensory Bin

Age: 4 years old +

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Domino Counting Activity

Age: 4 years old +

Numbers Spray & Water Dump

Age: 3 years old +

Snowman Button Counting Sticky Wall

Age: 3 years old +

Sticker Fish Counting

Age: 2 years old +

Missing Number Window

Age: 3 years old +

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Counting Hearts Sticky Wall

Age: 3 years old +

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Count & Stick Numbers

Age: 2 years old +

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Eye Dropper Dot Counting by Teach Beside Me

Easy Preschool Counting Activity by Planning Playtime

Four Math Games with Magnatiles by Frugal Fun 4 Boys

Fast & Easy Shape Activities

Fizzy Shapes Sensory Bin

Here is a fun science meets early math sensory bin for toddlers and preschoolers!! Make fizzy shapes using baking soda and vinegar!!

Easy Paint the Shapes Activity

Practice learning shapes with this fun paint the shapes activity. A great hands-on early math activity for preschoolers.

Magnetic Tile Shape Match

Age: 3 years old +

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Find the Heart Shape Activity

Age: 2 years old +

Button Sticky Arm Shape Matching

Age: 2 years old +

Button Shape Match toddlers and preschooler easy math activities

Magnetic Tile Dinosaurs Puzzles

Age: 3 years old +

Shape Sticky Wall Puzzles

Age: 3 years old +

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Fridge Magnet Shape Match

Age: 2 years old +

Giant Shape Painting

Age: 2 years old +

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Sticky Tape Shapes Activity

Age: 2 years old +

Shape Matching Sensory Bin

Age: 2 years old +

Shapes Parking Lot Activity

Age: 2 years old +

Turkey Shapes Sticky Wall

Age: 2.5 years old +

Pumpkin Shapes Sticky Wall: Shape Matching Activity

Age: 2.5 years old +

Pumpkin Shape Activity for Toddlers and preschoolers

Fast and Easy Pattern Activities

Spider Patterns Sticky Wall

Practice patterns this Halloween with this colourful spider patterns sticky wall. Create patterns on the spiders legs using shapes.

Squeeze Pouch Lid Patterns

Age: 4 years old +

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Fingerprint Patterns

Age: 3 years old +

GOKI Wooden Cub Puzzle: A Pattern Matching Game

Age: 4 years old +

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Rainbow Shape Patterns

Age: 2.5 years old +

Tube Pattern Matching

Age: 2.5 years old +

Candy Cane Patterns

Age: 3 years old +

Easter Egg Patterns

Age: 3 years old +

Heart Patterns

Age: 3 years old +

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