Math and manipulatives for toddlers

A few weeks ago I went to a local consignment sale and found so many wonderful resources for great deals! There were thousands of books and tons of teaching supplies! One of the items I picked up was this set of shape manipulatives. They came in red, blue, and yellow in a variety of sizes. Some shapes are big, some are small, some are thick, and some are thin. I love the variety! We have been looking at shapes and really focusing on the four basic shapes: rectangles, triangles, squares, and…

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

Counting activity for kids using pompoms and fine motor tongs. Great way to encourage toddlers and young children counting and matching numbers with objects. #math #counting #countindeasfortoddlers #countingfun #creativecounting #creativecountingideas #finemotorideas #finemotorfun #finemotorcreativeideas #kidsfinemotor #finemotorplay #playideas #playmatters

All year we’ve been having fun with colors, but these past few weeks we had a fun pom pom center! This included a pompom drop and a place to sort the pompoms by color. I came across some great ideas for pompom drops on Pinterest, but this was just a quick throw-together. I would love to attach these to wood instead of just paper! Anyway, I began with cardboard tubes (I’m such a hoarder) and painted them 6 different colors using 2-3 coats of regular tempera paint. Then I attached them with…

A wonderful list of toddler activities that will hold their attention while teaching them shapes, colors, the alphabet and more!

How do you teach a toddler numbers? Quick to set up games like this simple number matching activity are my favorite way to introduce numbers.

Looking for math activities for the kids? Here are 50+ quick and simple math activities perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

Fingerprint Patterns – HAPPY TODDLER PLAYTIME

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

Ice cream math activity perfect for your summer activities for preschoolers and kindergarten kids. Free printable number cones available, too.

12 Play based math activities for toddlers - My Bored Toddler. If you're looking for play based math or maths activities for toddlers - one year olds, two year olds or three year olds this post has them all. Counting activities for toddlers, measurement activities for toddlers, shape and number activities for toddlers. #myboredtoddler #math #playbased #playbasedmat #toddleractivity #toddlerlearning #toddlermath #counting #measurement #homeschooling #totschool #toddleractivity…

Great math game ~ they had to match one side of the plate to the other~ simple and easy and they thought it was fun!

HOW adorable is this? Time to start a new preschool year with these!

Preschool learning is such a fun process. There are so many fun and unique ways to teach your preschooler and half the time they know they are just having fun and do not realize they

Create a color sorting box using a cardboard box, markers, and colored popsicle sticks to help your toddler practice learning colours.

Cute fingerprint counting activity that creates art with counting to 10 worksheets. Lots of themes in this toddler and preschool math!