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20 Counting Activities for Preschoolers

November 3, 2014 by Anna Ranson

Here are 20 counting activities for preschoolers and school aged kids to enjoy, learning maths through play in as fun a way as possible!

20 activities for preschoolers

We are huge fans of learning through play and all of our creative learning ideas on this blog are designed to be as fun, hands-on and engaging as possible for little hands and minds. You simply don’t ever need to use a worksheet or maths book to learn how to count.

Count your steps as you climb the stairs, count the number of dogs you see at the park, the flowers in the garden, the items on conveyor belt at the supermarket, fingers and toes while singing, how many red cars whizz past the window and so on! Children learn best through real life experiences, and when we then build on those to create more learning at home or at school, they can be just as practical, tactile and enjoyable.

Here are 20 of our favourite ways to practise counting skills. Click on the activity title or image to take you to the full post (all on this same blog.) Enjoy!

Beans and Flower Pots

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Magnetic Counting Fish

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Magic Coloured Beans

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Open-ended Counting and Maths Investigation Table

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Counting and Sorting Shapes

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Counting and Addition Tray

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Beads and Spaghetti

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Counting and Measuring with Lego 

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Fine Motor Threading 

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5 Speckled Frogs Counting Small World Play

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Counting and Sorting Lid Post Box

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Bottle Top Match and Count Game

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Sort and Count Bottles

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5 Little Ducks Sensory Water Play

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Matchsticks and Play Dough

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Paper Plate Number Spinner

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Play Dough Counting Mats

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Handprint Number Line

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Number Pebbles

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Counting with Pine Cones

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Hopefully you enjoyed these and can pin some for future reference!

These are just the counting activities we have tried. To see sorting and matching, measuring, weighing, shapes, patterning and everything else mathematical, search our full PLAYFUL MATHS archives!

20 counting activities and games for preschoolers

And here is our Maths Play pinterest board to keep up to date with everything else I find and love from around the web too!
Follow Anna @ The Imagination Tree’s board Maths Play on Pinterest.
 

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Filed Under: Age, Counting, Counting Songs, Kinaesthetic Learning, Learn, Math, Numbers, Play Collections, Preschooler, School Age Tagged With: Early Maths, Maths, Numeracy, Playful Maths

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Comments

  1. Anik says

    November 3, 2014 at 5:34 pm

    Great ideas! I really like the Maths investigation area.

  2. Francesca says

    November 14, 2014 at 6:11 am

    Wow, excellent activities!! I can’t wait to try them all!

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