50+ Brilliant Math Activities for Preschoolers

50+ Math Activities for Preschoolers – Engage your preschooler to problem solve with these Brilliant Math Activities and Math Games for Preschoolers.

Do you have a preschooler or teach preschool? Hands on Math Activities for Preschoolers is the key to opening up the door to engaging a preschooler in problem solving, learning more about numbers, counting beyond rote and early stages of engineering.

Whether your activities are done at home or in a classroom your three and four year olds will love these brilliant math activities that use a manipulative and many also have free printable. As a mom finding homemade math games for my preschooler is something that not only I love but she loves. If I can engage her in the math world as much as she loves the language world, I’ll consider it a WIN! Many of these math activities we have done but some are still on my list to incorporate and give it a try!

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Math Skills a Preschooler Should Know

A preschooler can learn so much math through everyday activities and skills. This is good news as these skills are important for being ready for school. But early math doesn’t mean taking out the calculator during playtime. Even before they start school, most children develop an understanding of addition and subtraction through everyday interactions.

Zero to Three has a great read and more depth to the math concepts below but to give you an overview of what a preschooler should know in the end:

Understanding size, shape, and patterns
Ability to count verbally (first forward, then backward)
Recognizing numerals
Identifying more and less of a quantity
Understanding one-to-one correspondence (i.e., matching sets, or knowing which group has four and which has five)

Math Activities for Preschoolers

How do you teach math to preschoolers? – Start with the basics! Start by teaching counting. Teaching math begins with a child knowing his/her numbers. Considering having them memorize numbers by repetition or by using a math game by picking a number and counting the objects form 1-10.

Donut Math – Activity for Preschoolers – Sixth Bloom

Spinner Math Activity for Preschoolers – Sixth Bloom

Math STEAM Activities – Paperclip Math – Sixth Bloom

Learn Preschool Addition at Snack time – Artsy Fartsy Mama

Preschool Math with Magnetic Numbers – From Engineer to SAHM

Snowman Counting Puzzles – Frogs and Fairies

Geometric Shapes Train – Mama Smiles

Building Shapes – Mama Smiles

Homemade Math Games

Is math important for preschoolers?

The basic math skills a child learns in early childhood education is setting the building blocks for their entire academic career. If a child doesn’t learn simple skills like number sense, math concepts and simple applications like adding, then a child will not be prepared to move into early education.

Easy Preschool Math with Flowers – Teaching 2 & 3 Year Olds

Preschool Counting with Apples – Teaching 2 & 3 Year Olds

Ladybug Math Gam – Capri Plus 3

6 Easter Egg Preschool Math Games – Sixth Bloom

Build Numbers with Magna Tiles – Adventure in a Box

Math Patterning Game with a blindfold – Adventure in a Box

Jelly Bean Math Challenge – Natural Beach Living

Apple Math Activities – Natural Beach Living

Ladybug Math for Preschoolers – Natural Beach Living

Math Caps – a Math Fact Game – Mosswood Connections

Math Games for Kids – Buggy and Buddy

Fine Motor and Math Game – Buggy and Buddy

Counting Math Game for Kids – Buggy and Buddy

Are you looking for more STEAM Activities for Preschoolers that aren’t all centered around Math? Click on the image below.

Fishing Math Game – Buggy and Buddy

Counting Action Game – Buggy and Buddy

Creating Math Patterns with Golf Tees – Buggy and Buddy

Counting Activity with Fruit Clip Cards – Buggy and Buddy

Easy Peasy Math Activity – Buggy and Buddy

Ice Cream Math Activity – Fun a Day

Math Painted Number Rocks – Fun a Day

Shape Matching – Welcome to Mommyhood

Shark Number Cards – Welcome to Mommyhood

Clothespin Math Activities – Discover Learn Connect

Counting Activities for Preschoolers

Earth Day Math – Fun a Day

Apple tree Fingerprint Counting Activity – Messy Little Monster

Snowman Fingerprint Counting – Messy Little Monster

Learn to Count Ladybug Craft – Messy Little Monster

Magnetic Fishing Counting Game – Messy Little Monster

Play dough Cupcakes Counting – Messy Little Monster

Counting with Chocolate – Messy Little Monster

Play dough Geometry – School Time Snippets

Learn to Count with Pipe Cleaner Numbers – School Time Snippets

Numbers Go Fish Game – School Time Snippets

DIY Geoboards – Mama Papa Bubba

A Simple Addition Game- Mama Papa Bubba

Estimation Jars for Preschoolers – Mama Papa Bubba

Berry Bush Snack Subtraction – Mama Papa Bubba

10 Apples Up on Top Math Game – Mama Papa Bubba

Lego Addition Tray – Mama Papa Bubba

Coin Sorting Tray – Mama Papa Bubba

Nature Math Activities – Mother Natured

Apple Tree Addition Game – Mama Papa Bubba

Play dough Subtraction Smash – Mama Papa Bubba

Do you know what the word/acronym stands for with STEM or STEAM activities for Kids? Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math.

Take a minute to read over the process and importance of teaching a STEAM curriculum…did you know that if your child does the activity wrong, it’s ok!?!? That’s actually when the learn more through the process…you can read more by clicking the picture below.

We are a husband and wife team, pairing our strengths together to teach our preschooler in the most fun and engaging way we possibly can. The mister is a high school educator at Northlake Christian school in Covington Louisiana and over the Innovation Center, which is all things STEAM. I am a SAHM that blogs pretty much everything we do in our little paradise, from what we eat, to where we travel to how we teach our little one. We hope you are inspired to incorporate STEAM into learning with your children.