Math Activities for Young Children

Math is a vital skill for young children to learn. As parent we often wonder what math activities for young children can we use to help our child grow and thrive? The key to math activities for young children is to get HANDS ON. One reason we love Mother Goose Time is the focus the program has for HANDS ON math. Each month we get new math manipulative to help our children grown confident in hands on math activities for young children. Kids do better when you make math fun.

Counting math activities for young children

Counting is the most basic skill for children to become familiar with. Ones children master an understanding of basic numbers they have the foundation to learning basic functions. When teaching children to count start with basic math counter to help children really get a tactile visual of how many each number really is. You can look for math counters around you like toy cars, crayons, or rocks. Find something you have a lot of available and just go with it. Have fun practicing counting hands on with your young child.

Shape math activities for young children

Shapes can be so much fun to learn.

Draw shapes over and over, cut paper into shapes and make a collage.

Go on a shape scavenger hunt. Match basic shapes to pictures of items in each shape.

Math activities for young children should be fun and exciting.

Measuring math activities for young children

Measuring can be such a fun and exciting math subject for kinds. From playing with daddy’s measuring tape to helping in the kitchen measuring math is easy to do hands on.

Pull out the measuring cups and practice poring water fro cup to cup. Talk about how each cup holds a different amount. Fill a 1 cup measuring cup using smaller cups and discus how many or each one fills the big one.

Use a ruler to measure the used crayons. Use blocks to measure the height of things by building a tower. Use a measuring tape to measure large areas and then split the distance into feet. Use this as a chance to get to see hands-on what feet, inches, and even centimeters are.

Pattern math activities for young children

Patterns are a fun way to explore math. Try making hand on patterns.

Buy pattern blocks to make designs.

Look for pattern in every day life.

Build patterns with blocks, silverware, and anything else you can find with enough items to make a pattern.

Functions math activities for young children

Once you child gets and understanding of basic math skills you can move into functions. By getting hands on kids can learn important foundations like grouping that make addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division easy to understand.

Grab math counters, spoons, or even small snacks and gather around. Add and subtract with these items creating a basic visual for math.

Once your child has an understanding of addition and subtraction skip over to grouping. Give one child a pile of the item you are using. Have the child count the items then split them by how many people are at the table. Talk about how many each person get and how it is equal. This math activity builds an amazing foundation for the future.