Here is some springtime fun that students can really count on! These two easy spring counting mats are a great way to bring a little color and sunshine to the math center! Math is an abstract concept, and attaching meaning to numbers is a skill that emerges in preschool. One-to-one correspondence is the ability to…
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Shapes Games: Lock and Key STEM Activity for Preschoolers
This activity has the “key” to keeping students occupied while learning. A little hardware and handiwork are all it takes to create an engaging lock and key station that covers shape matching, shape identification, hand-eye coordination, hand strength, cause and effect, and engineering…all in one compact activity center! Shape Games Create an irresistible way for…
Foam Math Cards
These easy Foam Math Cards “hit the spot” when you want to add something new to your Math center! This math activity invites preschoolers to take some time for independent, hands-on practice on one-to-one correspondence and other counting skills. It’s as Easy as 1, 2, 3! The Foam Math Cards are a snap to put together…
10 Chip Clip Poems
Young children are natural learners who form ideas about math when they experience it in their daily lives. Setting the table for snack, counting the friends in their class, using a timer to share a toy, and measuring sand at the sensory table are all ways that children begin to understand mathematical concepts. One of…
Fruit Loop Graph
Fruit loops are a great learning manipulative! Students who are otherwise unlikely to work at a math center will jump at the chance to sit and play with cereal. I like to buy the big generic bag at the dollar store for this center. For this activity, I paired it with a foam block and…
Apple Counting Mats
Last winter, we started using Snowball Number Mats with our preschoolers to reinforce counting, number recognition and subitizing. Some of our students loved them (of course!) but many students just moved right past the center. We had to find a way to jazz it up a bit. The same is true with these Apple Counting…
Exploring Capacity
This simple light table center — transparent pony beads and tiny clear plastic cups with lids from the dollar store — created an engaging math activity for our preschoolers! Preschoolers just love to fill things up, don’t they?! Whether it’s the cups in the kitchen or bowls in the rice table, the simple act of…
Tic Tac Toe
Our older Pre-K students love to play games. They are at just about the right age to learn tic-tac-toe. Much to my dismay, they really, really struggled with learning how to play it on paper. In my non-expert opinion, it has a lot to do with the fact that they spend much of their idle time…
Valentine Counting Activity for Preschoolers
Do you need a simple Valentine counting activity for your preschoolers? These little hearts are a great way for preschoolers to practice counting, number recognition, and subitizing. As an added bonus, the little Valentine mailboxes are super-cute and students love sorting the mail into them! How to make the Valentine Counting activity: Make little mailboxes…
Number Mats
We do lots of activities during preschool to help the children develop strong number sense. These number mats are one of the ways that we practice during center time. There are 12 mats labeled 1-12. To set up the center, we add a bowl full of thematic counters (sparkly snowflakes in January). The students count…