Preschool Games
This set of games will help your child master the math skills he or she will need for preschool
Fly Swatter-Dots and Addition
By letting children swat the answer cards with a fly swatter, this game helps preschoolers practicing matching numbers to dots, and it helps kindergarteners and first graders practicing simple addition within 20.
Math Skills: preschool kindergarten 1st grade numbers addition
House Chores
This game is great for very young children. By "doing chores" they learn how to compare sizes and sort items
Math Skills: sorting comparing sizes
Chocolate Chip Cookies
This fun game uses the appeal of chocolate chip cookies to teach children how to recognize numbers and produce the correct number of items.
Math Skills: number recognition generating numbers
Crazy Number Train
Children have fun creating "crazy" trains and then putting the cars in the correct order in this easy to play game.
Math Skills: preschool number recognition recite numbers in order
Fixing the Stairs
Kids love to try to trick their parent or sibling. This game lets children secretly remove a part of a staircase and figure out which piece is missing.
Math Skills: preschool recite numbers in order number recognition enumeration
Here Comes Your Luggage
Parents avoid having to collecting luggage at the airport, but the idea fascinates kids. In this game, children pretend to collect their luggage at the airport, learning how to recognize numbers as they play.
Math Skills: preschool number comparison ordering enumeration
Make it Fair
This game uses children's well-developed notion of fairness to help them learn how to compare numbers and count out objects.
Math Skills: number recognition generating numbers number comparison
My Turn for the Ice Cream
This fun game helps children learn the ordinal value of numbers (their order) by having to find the right spot to wait in line for ice cream.
Math Skills: number recognition ordinal value of numbers generating numbers
Number Soccer
Children take turns moving their soccer ball towards their opponent's net, and they learn how to recognize numbers and count out the right number of moves.
Math Skills: number recognition generating numbers
Picnic
An animal picnic gives kids an opportunity to match numbers and count out objects.
Math Skills: enumeration number comparison ordering
Number Line
Completing a number line is a classic exercise for children to learn foundational math skills
Math Skills: number recognition recite numbers in order enumeration
Missing Fish
This game gives kids an opportunity to be sneaky and hide a fish. To find the fish, children must count up from 1 to 10, and be able to recognize numbers.
Math Skills: recite numbers in order number recognition
Who has More Bananas
In this game, children get to pretend to be monkeys grabbing bananas from a tree. In the process, they'll learn how to count objects, recognize numbers, and compare numbers to see who has the most bananas.
Math Skills: enumeration number recognition number comparison
Matchmaker
This pattern matching card game is a great introductory game to help preschoolers learn about matching items on different criteria.
Math Skills: sorting
