Counting activities that are lots of fun: 

1. Roll the dice. Count them. Stack the blocks.
Count them. Repeat. – ​One to One
Correspondence Practice with Dice & Blocks
2. Go on a scavenger hunt to find numbers and
match them up with the corresponding dots. –
Letter & Number Scavenger Hunt for
Preschoolers to Learn
3. Graph Legos (or other blocks) by counting,
counting, counting! – ​Using Legos to Teach
Math & Writing​ from Crayon Freckles
4. Use Dominoes to decide which chore to do.
How many dots are on the Domino? Count
them. That’s the chore to do. – ​Chore List with
Dominoes & Numbers
5. More Dominoes! Line up the Dominoes by
matching the dots. How many dots are there? –
Learning Activity with Dominoes
6. Label bottles with numbers and have the kids
count and drop pom poms (or any small object)
in. – ​Sort and Count Math Bottles​ from The
Imagination Tree
7. Instead of bottles, do it with baby food jars! For
the farm-loving kid, call them grain bins and
have them haul their ‘grain’ and put it in the
bins. Each bin can only hold the amount its
 labeled as. – ​Number Activity: Learn to Count
with Grain Bins
8. Make a simple grid on the sidewalk with
numbers and find that many objects from
nature! – ​Counting Objects from Nature​ from
Scribble Doodle and Draw
9. Make a paper chain and count down to
something exciting (a birthday, holiday, first day
of school, last day of school, vacation, etc)!
Every day, count how many chains are left to
see how many more days. –​Countdown to
Christmas: Wrapping Paper Chain
10. Count snacks! Line up some numbers and
count snacks to match the number! – ​We’re
Going on a Bear Hunt​ from Chasing Cheerios
11. Head out into nature and petals on the flowers
you find. Take it a step further and sort them by
number of petals! – ​Counting Flower Petals
12. Count apple seeds. Use tally marks as
visuals! ​Apple Seed Math​ from PBS Parents
Adventures in Learning
13. Play to your child’s interests. For a
vehicle-loving child, use semis to haul blocks to
build towers using the correct number of blocks.
– ​Counting Blocks While Building Towers
14. Count using paper clips. Make cute flash
cards with numbers and have the kids clip as
many paper clips! ​Button Paper Clip Number
Cards​ from Lessons Learnt Journal
15. Make a grid of numbers to learn to count and
recognize numbers. – ​What’s the Number?
Count it with Blocks!​ on PBS Parents
Adventures in Learning
16. Practice skip counting but tens! Use some
Cheerios and toothpicks. Counting to ten over
and over again, then skip count by ten to 100! –
Cheerios Skip Counting by 10s with 1-2-3 Peas