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Hands-On Activities for Preschoolers

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Great learning activities for preschoolers, from printables to hands-on sensory experiences, there is something for every preschooler!

Our Favorite Hands-On Preschool Activities

Play dough number mats for numbers 1-10. These adorable number mats are great for fine motor skills! Kids use ten-frames, counting and learn numerals and number words with these simple play dough mats.  Have fun moving your body with this body gross motor dice game! Great for brain breaks, rainy days or a boredom buster, kids can learn the parts of the body while getting their wiggles out!  Tons of fun with these Five Little Ducks on the Pond gross motor activities! Love the free printables!
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Work on beginning sounds with your new readers with these fun alphabet picture sorts. Black & white alphabet available for individual student sheets.  These free alphabet coloring pages are a fun way to practice the alphabet!  Gather your magnetic letters for a simple alphabet I Spy game! Customize it for names, specific letters or match uppercase letters to lowercase letters.
Kids love the texture of cloud dough. Make your playtime educational by mixing cloud dough with foam letters in this exciting letter smash!  Use letter magnets to make learning more fun! Learn the alphabet, practice sight words, master word families!   Hands-on alphabet activities that are great for introducing letters, reviewing, learning names, and learning about alphabetical order. There are card games, sensory bins, I Spy and so much more!!
   These uppercase alphabet snap cube mats are the perfect free printable letter activity for kindergarten. Practice writing letters, work on beginning sounds and form each letter with the snap cubes! #alphabetactivity #kindergartenprintable   Make a preschool sensory bin with a fun literacy component! This Alphabet sensory bin is perfect for learning and fun!
Introduce your preschooler to the alphabet with this hands-on sensory activity!   25+ Fun Alphabet books that your kids will love reading! Spend some quality time reading with your children, plus they'll be learning the alphabet and won't even realize it!   25+ Hands-on Tools for Learning Letter Sounds! Perfect for introducing phonics to new readers! Activities for preschoolers and kindergarteners who are starting to read.
Practice the alphabet with these fun apple tree font sorting cards   This free pumpkin alphabet matching game is a fun way to practice uppercase and lowercase letters with your kids this fall!   

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We love snow! This simple free printable snowball roll and count math game for kindergarteners is perfect for a winter theme! Kids love rolling the dice, writing the numbers and counting the snowballs or snowflakes. #kindergarten #wintertheme #math   We love Christmas! This simple free printable Christmas Tree roll and count math game for kindergarteners is perfect for Christmas! Kids love rolling the dice, writing the numbers and counting the Christmas lights.   This farm animals roll and count math game for a farm theme is a great way to work on number recognition with kindergarteners! Kids will love putting the animals on the farm as they count and write the numbers.
We love gingerbread men! This simple free printable gingerbread man roll and count math game for kindergarteners is perfect for Christmas! Kids love rolling the dice, writing the numbers and counting the buttons.   Use up leftover candy with this free printable candy jar roll and count math game for preschoolers. Kids will love counting (and eating!) the candy! Perfect for a math center.   This low-prep hands-on snowball counting activity for preschool is a fun way to play with 'snow' inside! Kids will love practicing their numbers while collecting snowballs!
This simple Christmas lights counting game is perfect for preschoolers! Make math fun this Christmas with these adorable mini Christmas lights and this fun dice game.   Create a fun spider themed math activity for your kindergarteners with this free printable Spider Roll and Count mat. Pair it up with your favorite dice and spider toys for a great way to practice counting.   Get preschoolers excited about counting with this fun apple counting grid game set that goes perfectly with Ten Apples Up on Top! Practicing counting skills is so much fun when you play a game!
Get preschoolers excited about counting with this fun cupcake counting grid game set that goes perfectly with Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes! Practicing counting skills is so much fun when you play a math game!   Grab these low-prep free printable pumpkin counting grid games for preschoolers! Such a fun way to practice counting!   Get preschoolers excited about counting with this fun button counting grid game set that goes perfectly with Pete the Cat! Practicing counting skills is so much fun when you make it a game!
These free printable leaf counting grid games for preschool are a great way to practice counting skills with your preschoolers! The kids will love the fun fall theme while working on one-to-one correspondence.      These free printable monkey & banana counting cards for numbers 1-10 are perfect for starting one-on-one correspondence for an animal unit!
25+ Exciting Counting Books To Help Children Understand Numbers.   25+ hands-on counting activities for kids. Work on one-to-one correspondence with these fun toys.   Cows on the Farm Counting game for preschoolers! Kids love it when learning time is also snack time! Kids can count the correct number of cow crackers as the roll the dice.
These bug skip counting puzzles are a fun math activity for spring! Skip counting to 20 with four free puzzles.   These chick counting cards for numbers 1-10 are perfect for learning in the spring or for Easter! They would even work great with a farm theme! So many uses and the little chick mini-erasers are adorable!   These free printable conversation heart counting cards for 1-10 are a fun way to practice counting! The kids will love putting real conversation hearts on the pictures as they work on one-to-one correspondence.
This 'Fill the Jar" Mini Eraser Addition Game (or counting game) is super low-prep! It's the perfect use for all those cute mini erasers!!   Counting to 5 is so fun with this rainbow theme counting to five busy bag for toddlers and preschoolers! Super easy to put together too.   This free printable counting game is perfect for kids who have mastered counting to 5 and need more of a challenge. Learn numbers 6-10 with your preschooler using the fun ideas from the TeachECE team!
These Goldfish counting cards are so adorable! What a fun way to combine learning numbers with snack time!   These free printable rainbow bear counting cards are a great way to introduce one-to-one correspondence & counting from 1-10. Everyone loves rainbow bears!   These free printable popcorn counting mats are so adorable! What a fun way to practice counting 1-10! And you can serve snack at the same time!
These free printable sock monkey leaf counting cards are so cute! Perfect for learning to count to 10! Plus, she has lots of other great counting card sets!   These free printable candy corn counting cards are a great hands-on way to introduce counting to your preschooler! Fill up the candy jar with real candy corn or mini erasers to show numbers 1-10 and have some math fun this fall!   Counting falling stars is a hands-on way to get your preschooler counting! This would make a great addition to a solar system unit or learning about the stars & moon.   
These free printable counting cards are perfect for learning to count from 1-10. Lots of different themes available. Popcorn, bears, blocks, goldfish and more.  Do you love Dollar Spot mini erasers? This mini-eraser activity pack for preschoolers is full of great math activities! Counting, sorting, matching, patterns and more!  A fun number recognition activity for preschoolers using a puzzle frame and pom poms! 
30+ Hands-on counting activities! Learn numbers while having fun!  These hands-on number mats are our most loved resource! Use play dough, mini erasers, candy, rocks, snack crackers, buttons and so many more manipulatives!  This free printable counting to 5 board game is so fun! And the construction theme is great for preschool.

 More Preschool Counting Activities

These free printable Valentine Play Dough Number Mats for 1-10 are such a fun way to practice numbers! You can use them with play dough, pom poms, erasers and so much more!   These penguin number mats for 1-10 are so much fun when you use them with goldfish crackers! They are great for play dough too, but it's so fun to eat the "fish" with the penguins while learning numbers!   These free printable Valentine's Day Number mats for 11-20 are a perfect way to use up the candy!
Practice counting from 1-10 and addition with these free interactive play dough tree mats.   FREE Christmas Tree Play Dough Counting Mats for numbers 1-10 - these super cute Christmas printables are great to helppreschool, and kindergarten age kids practice counting during December with this fun hands-on learning activity for kids. Perfect for math centers, to make learning a game, number recognition, Christmas theme, and more! #playdough #numbermats #kindergarten   Play dough number mats for numbers 1-10. These adorable number mats are great for fine motor skills! Kids use ten-frames, counting and learn numerals and number words with these simple play dough mats.      Free fall play dough number mats for exploring numbers 1-10
Free fall play dough number mats for exploring numbers 11-20.   These free pirate play dough mats are amazing! They combine numbers, words, counting and ten-frames! So versatile.   These free printable pirate play dough mats for numbers 11-20 are great! There are so many ways to use them. Plus, there is a link to the mats for numbers 1-10
Snowman ten-frame number mats for winter! Practice counting to 10 with these differentiated ten-frame mats.   Valentine ten-frame number mats! Practice counting to 10 with these differentiated ten-frame mats.   

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An amazing Colors Math & Literacy Pack for preschool and kindergarten. Learn colors while also practicing math skills like graphing, patterns, measurement and matching. Then practice literacy skills like writing color names, reading color words. Plus, fun play dough mats for color words! Love this entire color pack!  Learning colors is so much fun with this magnifying glass color game for preschoolers! A free printable for identifying and matching colors with the fun of a magnifying glass!This Rainbow Bear Color Matching Spinner Game is such a fun way for preschoolers to practice their colors! Use it for language development too!
Your children will love the engaging activities in this Winter Colors Pre-K pack! Not only will they work on color recognition, but they will also build fine motor skills, beginning writing skills, sorting and classification skills and many other pre-k/preschool skills. #prek #wintertheme #learningcolors   5 Winter Color Graphing Activities- Work on colors and graphing skills together with these fun winter themed centers and activities! Use the whole class winter color graphing set to graph snowmen during circle time, use the winter spin, color & graph printables for morning work or independent math practice and use the winter roll & graph sets for math centers. Black & white graphing sets are also included (winter hats and snowmen) for those who have limited printing abilities. Simply color the cubes and graphs to represent the colors you want to focus on. #mathcenters #wintertheme #preschool
 Learning colors with pom poms is so much fun! These free spring printables are perfect for toddlers and preschoolers!  Three free printable fall leaves & colors activities. Picture-supported reading & matching!   Learn about graphing with your preschoolers! This free printable colored shoe graphing printable is great with Pete the Cat books! It's also a great way to work on counting and learning colors1
Use classic peeler beads for a simple color sorting activity for preschoolers!   Kids will love fishing for the color matches with this simple color matching fishbowl printable for preschoolers!   Practice matching colors with this fun paw print color matching spinner game for preschoolers. Use with a fun animal theme or anytime you want to work on learning colors with your kids!
These 8 color recognition card games look so fun! So many ways for kids to learn about colors and have fun too!   These free color sorting mats are so adorable! Perfect for preschoolers learning their colors!   So many fun ways for preschoolers to learn about colors! Free printables, hands-on activities, art, sensory activities and more!
I love this free printable rainbow bear graph from Life Over C's and printable dice too!! Such a fun way to learn about colors and math!

More Color Activities for Preschoolers

 

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Let your kids explore shapes with this simple shape sensory bag for preschoolers. Trace the shapes, play I Spy, shake up the rice and start all over! A great shape activity for kids!  Learn about shapes with our favorite puzzle and these free printable shape matching puzzle cards. Match them to the shape puzzle pieces or play a fun memory game!  https://lifeovercs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Dog-Matching-Game.pdf  
Snowman shape play dough mats are a great addition to your play dough center for winter! Have the kids fill or outline the shapes with play dough for a fun fine-motor winter math activity!   Gingerbread play dough mats for 2D shapes! A great play dough activity for your Christmas theme. Kids love creating the 2D shapes with play dough to match the shapes on the mats.   These shape games for kindergarten are a great way to review shapes during your Christmas theme! These adorable gingerbread activities make learning shapes so much fun! #shapeactivities #shapes #kindergarten
This fidget spinner 2D shape graph free printable is a great way to learn about 2D Shapes, graphing and do lots of spinning! Make math fun for your kindergarteners with this low-prep printable.   25+ Awesome Hands-On 2D Shape Activities for Kids. Games, activities, free printables, sensory activities and more for learning about 2D Shapes with your kids!   
Bring some snow inside for math time and build snow shapes with this fun free printable penguin shape game!   Learning 2D Shapes is a blast with this 2D Shape Slap It! Card Game! Similar to Slap Jack it's a super fun way to learn!   This free pumpkin shape matching game is a fun way to learn the names of shapes this fall! Free printable 3D Shape activity pack! 4 fun activities for learning about 3D shapes: Shape Spin & Cover, Memory Game, Flip Book and picture supported sentence building cards. Kids will love learning about 3D shapes with these hands-on activities!   
Learn 2 dimensional shapes with play dough and these silly shape cards!  shapeplaydoughmatsheader  I love these Free Printable Shape I Spy Printables! Such a cute idea for preschoolers! Kids count the squares, rectangles, triangles, circles and rhombuses.

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