Learning to count with your toddler, preschooler or kindergartener need not be boring or filled with worksheets! Check out these easy and fun counting activities that incorporate hands-on learning!

Counting with Preschoolers

My kids love numbers! But I have to admit teaching twins their numbers can be challenging especially when they don’t learn the same way or have the same interests. But that is why I love what I do. I enjoy the challenge of finding ways to engage two four-year olds and encourage both to learn. These hands-on counting activities are a few of the ways that we practiced counting over the last few years.

Supplies For Counting Activities

For many of these activities we used items found around the house, craft room and playroom or in our backyard. Items such as stuffed animals, Pom Poms, leaves, toy animals and more are great for teaching preschoolers and toddlers to count.

Hands-On Counting Activities For Preschoolers

These 30 activities are some of my absolute favorite ways to learn to count with toddlers and preschoolers. They are amazing not only because they work on counting but because they also work on fine motor skills, number recognition and one to one correspondence!

1. Caterpillar Pom Pom Counting
2. Cotton Ball Apple Tree Counting Activity
3. Pom Pom Painted Caterpillar Counting
4. Sensory Rice Caterpillar Counting
5. Hot Chocolate Counting Sensory Bag
6. Counting Beaded Hearts Activity

7. Apple Tree Q-Tip Counting Activity for Preschoolers
8. Corn Counting Sensory Bag
9. Fall Tree Counting for Preschoolers
10. Leaf Counting Wands
11. Easy Button Counting Activity
12. Plastic Spoon Easter Bunny Counting for Preschoolers

13. Rocket Ship Clothespin Counting Activity
14. Handprint Counting Mittens
15. Back to the Zoo Counting Activity
16. Counting Fish Sticky Wall
17. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Sticky Wall & Counting Activity
18. Cupcake Liner Math Activity

More Awesome Counting Activities For Preschoolers

19. Sticker Fish Counting
20. Pom Pom Gum Ball Counting
21. Pumpkin Counting
22. Stuffed Animal Counting
23. Caps Counting
24. Tube Counting

25. Count & Cut the Hearts: Scissor Skills Activity for Preschoolers
26. Caterpillar Number Match for Preschoolers
27. Dot Sticker Cupcake Math: Easy Toddler Activity
28. Q-Tip Turkey Feather Trace & Count Activity
29. Domino Counting
30. Heart Counting

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Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids

Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon. 

Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.

Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids

Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more. 

Find out more and grab your copy here.

Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids – Pre-order now!! Coming out October 18, 2022

Boost brainpower with fun riddles for kids ages 6 to 9

Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles that show them how to think outside the box.

• 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
• Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
• Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.

Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!

Book: STEAM Crafts for Kids – coming out November 29, 2022

TV Show: Curious Crafting

I’m so excited to finally share my new crafting TV show Curious Crafting on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube!

This show is all about fun and easy crafts for toddlers and preschoolers. 

Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.

In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create. 

Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.

The Best Sensory Play Kits for Kids

Play is at the core of learning during the early years and it can take many forms. One of the most important of these is sensory play because it engages all of a child’s senses (taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing) and has a enoumous positive impact on brain development.

Our Sensory Play Kits are some fun and easy ways to keep your child engaged while at the same time using sensory play to nurture their mind!

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