Math Activities for Early Childhood Education

Mathematics is fundamental for children to acquire notions of counting, quantities, logical reasoning, space and problem solving, among others.

Check out a selection with 10 tasks to help Kindergarten students develop skills through number and quantity activities, subtraction, addition and more.

1. Activity on numbers and quantities

numbers and quantities
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2. Counting Activity

identify quantity and number
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3. Activities with sets and geometric shapes

draw quantity number and geometric shape
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4. Activity of coloring and identifying quantity

paint quantity number
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5. Cutting and pasting activity with numbers

cut paste number
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6. Activity of adding sets

activity sums early childhood education
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7. Set subtraction activity

subtraction activity decrease
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8. Playful activity with art and numbers

Give each child a sheet with an image of a numeral. Hand out pieces of colored crepe paper and ask students to make small balls. Then each one will cover numeral with glue and the marbles on it.

crepe paper balls and number

This activity can also be done with preschool children.

9. Playful activity with colors and numbers

Select 10 plastic bottles and mark each one with a number (1 to 10). Assign one color per bottle.

Separate small balls in the chosen colors (you can make the activity even more interactive by asking students to make crepe paper balls).

bottle for color number and number of balls

Then distribute the bottles to 10 students. Each child must place in their respective bottle, balls in the corresponding color and in the quantity indicated by the number.

10. Playful activity with numbers and quantities

Cut out 10 pieces of cardboard and on each one write a numeral (1 to 10) and set aside a minimum of 10 clothes pegs.

quantities and numbers

Each child should be given a numeral on cardstock and a handful of 10 pegs. Ask the child to attach the number of pegs indicated to the cardboard.

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