Maths Games and Activities for Kids

Fun hands-on activities and games for learning numbers, shapes, colours and more. These Mathematics activities and easy to set up and your kids will enjoy doing them. From games and play ideas to printables check out these ideas below.

DIY instructions on creating chalkboard dice perfect for a reusable mathematics or literacy resource or for when the dice go missing from your favourite board games.

DIY Chalkboard Dice for Learning and Play

One of my most used resources for learning are dice. I have a collection of different sided dice as well…

Simple math games for toddlers and preschoolers inspired by the fantastic children's storybook Dragons Love Tacos. Working on 1 to 1 correspondence feed the dragon the correct number of Tacos. Includes free printable.

Dragons Love Tacos Counting Game For Toddlers and Preschoolers

Tacos are yummy. Dragons are fun. Combine the two and you get the imaginative book Dragons Love Tacos. The book…

Simple to make maths centre activity inspired by the Dr Seuss book Fox in Socks. Create your own socks to work on number bonds to 10 by hanging them on the washing line. Full step-by-step instructions and extra ideas and resources included.

Fox in Socks Number Bonds Activity for Maths and Fine Motor Skills

One of the areas of Mathematics that I spent a lot of time focusing on when I taught and with…

DIY teaching resource to help students with understanding maths fact families and the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division. Simple to make and useful for individual work and whole class teaching.

DIY Math Fact Family Triangles

My daughter came home from school excited about something she had learned in maths recently that division and multiplication are…

Easy to make and set up number game for toddlers and preschoolers based on the book If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff and ideal for Pancake Day activities.

Pancake Number Stacks

As your child transitions from counting by route to counting out and number recognition it’s important to get hands-on with…

$Simple game to set up and work on addition of fractions with a common denominator ideal for some hands-on fraction practice for single and multiple players.$

Addition of Fractions Snowman Maths Game

One of the topics that children can find challenging in mathematics is fractions especially when it comes to adding and…

DIY Maths Game to build your own Snowman ideal for some winter times table practice. Play either as single players or against each other as you race to build the snowman first using multiplication and times table knowledge.

Build a Snowman Multiplication Math Game

This winter-themed multiplication game is perfect for reviewing the times tables 1 to 6 and can be played solo or…

The Snowman - DIY bowling game to work on number bonds

The Snowman – bowling and number bonds

Welcome to day 1 of Story Book Advent – Today we are kicking off the series with The Snowman by Raymond Briggs, a childhood favourite of mine and one that my children also love. To bring it alive we’re getting creative making snowmen skittles, a snowball bowling ball and working on some Maths skills at the same time. Join us for the next 24 days counting down to Christmas with Story Book Advent and Christmas book based activities each day.

Activity suggestions for working on literacy and numeracy inspired by the classic wordless picture book The Snowman by Raymond Briggs for Early Years.

Snowman Button Counting

The Snowman by Raymond Briggs is a beloved wordless storybook for kids. The illustrations are wondrous and capture the magic…

Simple Christmas craft for kids of all ages to make to create reindeer clothespin ornaments. Plus free Present counting clip cards to use with the reindeer.

Rudolph Clothespin and Clip Cards

We are finishing off the first of our Storybook Advent books with this Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Clothespin Craft plus…

Multiple player DIY math game inspired by The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Bret focusing on learning basic shapes ideal for toddlers and preschoolers to play.

Gingerbread Man Shape Game

One of my favourite themes for Christmas, although it is easy to use any time of the year, is Gingerbread…

Create your own train and use it with counters to play this Freight Train by Donald Crews Inspired Counting Game ideal for toddlers and preschoolers.

Freight Train Counting Game

A popular theme amongst toddlers and preschoolers is always transportation and particular trains. There is something really magical about trains…

Download and Print this colour matching pajama game inspired by the book Llama Llama Red Pajama ideal to play with toddlers and preschoolers. #toddler #preschooler #vbcforkids #llamallamaredpajama #rainydaymum #toddleractivity #preschoolactivity

Colour Matching Pajama Domino Game

During the toddler and preschool years as well as learning some basics to set them off for school children need…

Hands-on mathematics to solve simple addition and subtraction problems with 2-Digits using partitioning and Post-it Notes.

Post-it Note Partitioning – Addition and Subtraction

In Maths you child will progress from learning to count on and back to quickly forming number sentences with single…

Two Bat-themed number games for toddlers and preschoolers based on the featured book Stellaluna by Janell Cannon. Ideal for Nocturnal Animal Units of Study.

Bat Number Line Games for Toddlers and Preschoolers

As a child progresses from counting by rote to linking number words that they say with actual numbers and math…

Help children to develop knowledge of Ordinal Numbers using the book Room on the Broom and some playful maths skills using finger puppets and a DIY Broom.

Room on the Broom – Learning Ordinal Numbers

Julia Donaldson is one of our favourite authors consistently producing books that my children love – from board books to…

Simple math centre activity using real acorns or download the acorn printable and work on size ordering and sorting with this favourite autumn activity.

Acorn Ordering and Sorting

The oak trees near us are full of acorns this year – an interesting fact is that this is called…

Create your own wipeable apple booklet to use when working with place value on 2 digit numbers with flip out sections to separate tens and units.

Apple Place Value Booklet

One of the key concepts that children need to understand to progress in maths is the value assigned to numbers…

Work on the key concept in mathematics of number bonds with this free download of red and green counting apples to manipulate to make 10.

Apple Number Bonds to 10

One of the key number concepts that children need to grasp early on is number bonds. Number bonds make addition…

Create your own dinosaur game inspired by the classic children's game Hungry Hippo that works on fine motor and gross motor skills.

DIY Dinosaur Grab Game

My son has always been a fan of dinosaurs hence why this is our third dinosaur themed activity for the…

Hands-on mathematics for supporting the writing of number sentences and getting to grips with addition using nuts and bolts.

Nuts and Bolts Number Sentences

We have found a fun way to incorporate fine motor skills and maths. Our Simple Addition With Nuts and Bolts is…

Simple to set up Maths Centre activity for home or the classroom to teach doubling ideal for use with Foundation Stage or Kindergarten.

How to teach doubles with a mirror

The ability to double a number is introduced early on in the UK curriculum. Within the Foundation Stage, children should…

ABC’s and 123’s

As we finish this school year and head into the next you will have been told by your kid’s teachers…

Garden Flower Ten Frame

The garden provides lots of opportunities for learning and crafting – from creating seed bombs to measuring weather as well…