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Toddler Counting Activities - My Bored Toddler

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These toddler counting activities are a great way to teach toddlers to count and recognize numbers using counting games and play based activities. 

Counting and number recognition are skills that toddlers will learn through games, activities and play. The more you talk about numbers and point them out in real life, the more inquisitive they will be.

Just like exposure to reading and books is so important, the same applies to numbers. We like to play 'number detectives' and look for numbers when we are out and about. Try to count whenever you get the chance (walking up steps, counting crackers for lunch, counting how many shoes etc).

The key to counting is learning one to one correspondence (pointing to each item and allocating it a number). These counting activities for toddlers are a great introduction, and I'm sure they'll have lots of fun with them! You may like to try these activities in conjunction with our ABC Activities for Toddlers.

Play Based Number & Counting Activities 

These number do-a-dots have been very popular in our house and there are so many ways you can use them. Get the free printable HERE. 

More fun toddler counting ideas to explore at home 

Powerful Mothering - Counting Caterpillar Busy Bag

Toddler Approved - Race to Lose Tooth Counting Game

Stir the Wonder - Count and Smash Play Dough

School Time Snippets - Counting Ice Cream Scoops

 

Nurture Store Blog - Straw and Pom Poms Counting Game

Glued to My Crafts Blog - Counting Dinosaurs Game

Tutus and Tea Parties - Number Counting Box

School Time Snippets - Counting Raindrops

 

A Little Pinch of Perfect - Counting Activity with Play Dough

Rainy Day Mum - Frog Counting Game

The Imagination Tree - Count and Sort Posting Box Game

I Heart Crafty Things - Counting Crocodiles

 

Toddler Approved - Lily Pad Math Hop

Modern Pre-school - Bee Pollen Counting Activity

I Can Teach My Child - Animal Cracker Counting

The Pinterested Parent - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Counting Game

 

Where Imagination Grows - Craft Stick Tactile Counting Game

School Time Snippets - Fish Fingerprint Counting Activity

The Elementary Math Maniac - Magnetic Craft Stick Counting Activity

Best Toys 4 Toddlers - Fish Crackers Counting

 

Kids Activities Blog - Counting Garden

Life Over C's - Sily Monsters Counting to 10

Click Pray Love - Counting with Bowls and Pom Poms

It's Our Long Story - Counting Ducks

If you are looking for some great counting and number resources we have found a few of our favorites from Amazon.

For more fun toddler activity ideas why not join our Facebook Group or follow us on Instagram - follow @myboredtoddler and use #myboredtoddler. 

Some posts you may enjoy are our Indoor Activities for Toddlers 

and The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activities for Toddlers

The Best Counting Activities For Preschoolers

Learning to count with your toddler, preschooler or kindergartener need not be boring or filled with worksheets! Check out these easy and fun counting activities that incorporate hands-on learning!

Counting with Preschoolers

My kids love numbers! But I have to admit teaching twins their numbers can be challenging especially when they don’t learn the same way or have the same interests. But that is why I love what I do. I enjoy the challenge of finding ways to engage two four-year olds and encourage both to learn. These hands-on counting activities are a few of the ways that we practiced counting over the last few years.

Supplies For Counting Activities

For many of these activities we used items found around the house, craft room and playroom or in our backyard. Items such as stuffed animals, Pom Poms, leaves, toy animals and more are great for teaching preschoolers and toddlers to count.

Hands-On Counting Activities For Preschoolers

These 30 activities are some of my absolute favorite ways to learn to count with toddlers and preschoolers. They are amazing not only because they work on counting but because they also work on fine motor skills, number recognition and one to one correspondence!

  1. Caterpillar Pom Pom Counting
  2. Cotton Ball Apple Tree Counting Activity
  3. Pom Pom Painted Caterpillar Counting
  4. Sensory Rice Caterpillar Counting
  5. Hot Chocolate Counting Sensory Bag
  6. Counting Beaded Hearts Activity
  1. Apple Tree Q-Tip Counting Activity for Preschoolers
  2. Corn Counting Sensory Bag
  3. Fall Tree Counting for Preschoolers
  4. Leaf Counting Wands
  5. Easy Button Counting Activity
  6. Plastic Spoon Easter Bunny Counting for Preschoolers
  1. Rocket Ship Clothespin Counting Activity
  2. Handprint Counting Mittens
  3. Back to the Zoo Counting Activity
  4. Counting Fish Sticky Wall
  5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Sticky Wall & Counting Activity
  6. Cupcake Liner Math Activity

More Awesome Counting Activities For Preschoolers

  1. Sticker Fish Counting
  2. Pom Pom Gum Ball Counting
  3. Pumpkin Counting
  4. Stuffed Animal Counting
  5. Caps Counting
  6. Tube Counting
  1. Count & Cut the Hearts: Scissor Skills Activity for Preschoolers
  2. Caterpillar Number Match for Preschoolers
  3. Dot Sticker Cupcake Math: Easy Toddler Activity
  4. Q-Tip Turkey Feather Trace & Count Activity
  5. Domino Counting
  6. Heart Counting

Check out My Books, TV Show & Play Kits!

Book:

Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids

Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon. 

Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.

Book:

Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids

Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more. 

Find out more and grab your copy here.

Book:

Big Book of Riddles for Kids – Pre-order now!! Coming out October 18, 2022

Boost brainpower with fun riddles for kids ages 6 to 9

Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles that show them how to think outside the box.

  • 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
  • Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
  • Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.

Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!

Book:

STEAM Crafts for Kids – coming out November 29, 2022

TV Show:

Curious Crafting

I’m so excited to finally share my new crafting TV show Curious Crafting on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube!

This show is all about fun and easy crafts for toddlers and preschoolers.  

Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.

In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create. 

Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.

Play is at the core of learning during the early years and it can take many forms. One of the most important of these is sensory play because it engages all of a child’s senses (taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing) and has a enoumous positive impact on brain development.

Our Sensory Play Kits are some fun and easy ways to keep your child engaged while at the same time using sensory play to nurture their mind!

Shop our ready made play kits here.

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DIY crafts for children: a list of useful things on the site

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  1. Crafts for children from plasticine
  2. Crafts for children from paper
  3. Creative paper crafts
  4. coloring and drawing
  5. thematic crafts for children according to the seasons
  6. Winter and New Year
  7. Various DIY crafts for children and not only

DIY crafts for children from paper, cardboard, plasticine, pasta, natural materials. Step by step instructions and templates.

Doing children's crafts is a great opportunity to spend your child's leisure time with parents or to show independence and complete one whole task! You can be proud of this result!

This material is navigation aid for a variety of crafts, creative activities, DIY toy projects, etc. Online. Follow the link and get creative!

DIY crafts for children from plasticine

  1. About modeling from plasticine for children. Step-by-step modeling of figurines.
  2. Templates for creating pictures with plasticine patches (or finger paints).
  3. Plasticine modeling for children - step by step instructions.
  4. Salt Dough Snake is a very simple and naturalistic project for kids of all ages. nine0016
  5. Accessories for plasticine crafts will help make voluminous stucco crafts more colorful and spectacular.
  6. Modeling with plasticine.
  7. Homemade clay and clay recipes - 4 homemade clay recipes: cloud clay, play-do analogue, microwave clay and clay without cooking.
  8. What to add to plasticine to make it more interesting: ideas.
  9. Playdough Template Pictures are colorful printable bases for creating drawings by “smearing” the Playdough over the base picture. nine0016
  10. Plasticine drawing mats. Plasticine drawing is one of the most spectacular and simple types of creativity. Children from 1 year old can perform simple crafts on plasticine rugs, and even schoolchildren are interested!
  11. Make monster faces. Download the template and make the faces of the characters using paints, plasticine, pasta, counting sticks, toothpicks and any other similar material.

DIY paper crafts for children

  1. DIY paper crafts for children. Various techniques, complexity. Step by step instructions and short tutorials. nine0016
  2. Paper plate sea turtle craft with free templates.
  3. Paper construction: boxes and applications.
  4. 3D craft Cactus made of paper.
  5. Paper origami jumping frog is a simple and fun toy. How to make
  6. Toucan - craft for children from cardboard paper plates, gouache and cardboard. Step by step instructions in the body of the article.
  7. Fish tank craft made of paper, cardboard and plastic lids suitable for preschool children. nine0016
  8. Paper Cats Dress Up — original voluminous (!) paper cat dolls with accessories and interior.
  9. Origami bookmark: step-by-step instructions and templates for printing.
  10. Infinite pattern bricks are an easy craft, educational game and coloring book for your child.
  11. Matryoshka with wishes - an unforgettable craft-postcard with your own hands.
  12. 3D paper house according to the template.
  13. Colored paper striped hedgehog.
  14. Paper fan chanterelle. nine0016
  15. Paper train station download, print, glue and play!
  16. Robot Cube Craft is easy fun for kids. Assembly time - no more than 15 minutes.
  17. Ideas for various children's crafts and unusual drawings for children.
  18. Paper snail craft will appeal to children who have not grown up to origami yet, but already dream of folding paper figures.
  19. Paper Cat Craft - a craft similar to a Snail 👆
  20. Paper Castle Craft: the base is made according to a pattern or randomly from colored paper, cut into simple shapes - squares, triangles. nine0016
  21. Easter paper basket is a ready-made template that you need to download, print, color and glue.
  22. Lollipop and paper craft Chicken as a gift.
  23. A colorful Jellyfish craft for kids made from a paper plate and colored paper.
  24. Ice Cream Truck Paper Craft Template - template included.
  25. 3D craft Balloon
  26. Pencil “Cat” made from toilet paper rolls.
  27. Coloring bookmarks for books. nine0016
  28. Paper cut templates: animal themed set, gift boxes, 3D animals, vehicles and more!

Crafts-toys with your own hands at the link here!

Creative paper crafts

  1. A beautiful wreath on the wall from bushings: we will tell you how to make a round three-dimensional wreath from waste material and how to decorate it.
  2. DIY mermaid necklace is an easy craft for kids and an original accessory. nine0016
  3. The bracelet is a beautiful accessory made of plain paper and ribbon.
  4. Flexagon is an unusual dynamic toy that will be of interest to schoolchildren.
  5. Paper dioramas with animals - animals and their habitat made of paper and improvised materials.
  6. New original appliqué ideas for kids. 8+ ideas, templates, examples and illustrations.
  7. Turtle is a 3D voluminous craft made of colored paper strips.

Coloring and Drawing

  1. Finger Painting Templates - Free printable for toddlers and kids ages 1-4. nine0016
  2. Cotton bud templates are a great and effective alternative to finger painting.
  3. Ideas for drawings from prints of small (and not so) hands and feet.
  4. Grating for children: hand-made engraving. Let's talk about the technique of performing scratching in stages.
  5. Easy pictures to draw
  6. Piet Modrian style craft
  7. Picasso style craft
  8. Frida Kahlo style craft
  9. Matisse style craft. nine0016
  10. Craft in the style of Kandinsky.
  11. How to make an agamograph - a three-dimensional illusion craft with a 3D effect.
  12. Drawings, pictures, coloring pages for sketchbook.

Seasonal themed crafts for kids

🍂 Children's autumn crafts for kindergarten, school or just for fun using natural materials, paper, various decorating techniques and recognized autumn colors.

🍂 Autumn leaf crafts.

Winter and New Year

🎄 New Year's crafts with children: ideas, master classes, templates.

🎄 New Year's tasks: crafts and developments.

🎄 Do-it-yourself Christmas tree from a magazine - step by step guide.

🎄 A large Christmas coloring book for children (a full wall of glued fragments on A4).

🤍 Do-it-yourself snowflakes from glue and salt: detailed instructions, master class and photos step by step.

🤍 Print paper snowflake templates - easy stencils for snowflakes on windows to cut out. nine0003

🤍 3D Newspaper Snowflake: A simple step-by-step guide to create newspaper snowflakes of any size.

🤍 Experiences and experiments with ice.

⛄ DIY garland made of paper, ice and pompoms.

⛄ How to make an icicle with your own hands from improvised materials: the perfect winter decoration.

⛄ Winter craft experiment with a snowman

🎄 New Year's tasks for children 7-8 years old

Various DIY crafts for children and not only

  1. Rock and pebble crafts: ideas, patterns, instructions.
  • If you have a creative streak and can't go a day without looking for new DIY ideas, you'll love DIY Popsicle Stick Ideas. Not only are they cheap, but they are also creative and versatile. There are many different things that you can make with your own ice cream sticks - from a picture to a birdhouse. Crafts from ice cream sticks here
  • Crafts from toilet paper rolls with templates.
  • Paper flowers: over 10 step by step instructions.
  • Thermomosaic - schemes for girls, for boys. Crafts from thermomosaic for children and adults.

Easy and fun crafts for 3 year olds. Step-by-step instructions, master classes, clear illustrations.

  • How to make a photo frame with your own hands - master classes for the most effective ideas for making a photo frame and decorating. nine0016
  • Perpetual calendar coloring book. Print the template for any year.
  • How to make a simple New Year's Advent calendar: ideas for tasks, decorations, gifts.

What to do with a child at home: ideas and crafts, tasks, developmental games, activities, outdoor games, creative coloring books, DIY toys, etc.

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Natural material craft

Do you want to teach your kid how to make crafts from natural materials? It's not difficult at all, you just need to collect cones, leaves, twigs, blades of grass, acorns, and then show how to connect the leaves to each other with blades of grass, stalks, thin twigs. With spruce and pine cones, acorns, pebbles, shells painted in different colors, the child can play at any time of the year. In the summer, for example, in the sandbox or on the beach, in the winter at the table. Where can I get material for such crafts? Of course, in nature, for example, to collect various leaves, blades of grass, flowers with it. This must be done together, otherwise, taking some poisonous plant, he can cause great harm to himself. What crafts can be made from natural materials? Yes, any. nine0003

Leaf appliqué

Draw the contours of a steamboat, a fish, a dragonfly, a butterfly, or some other pattern on paper, and the child himself will be able to lay out these figures from natural material. You can fix the leaves or shells with glue or plasticine.

Nature Lotto

You can offer him to cut rectangular cards from white or tinted paper and carefully stick your finds to them. Over time, a kind of loto will be made out of such cards. Playing it, the child will remember well from which tree or shrub this or that leaf was taken. nine0003

Plate with forest gifts

A circle is cut out of cardboard or thick soft paper, and a child can stick birch, mountain ash, maple, oak, aspen leaves on it - an interesting plate will turn out. Let the child try to make such a plate for his corner or as a gift to someone close.

Birds and butterflies made of leaves

It is still difficult for a child to cut out birds or butterflies. Adults can do this, and he will color them, glue antennae to butterflies - strips of paper. Wings for flying crafts can be made from leaves. Invite the child to think about the leaves of which trees are suitable for a dragonfly, butterfly or bird. nine0003

Account allowance

Natural material is also a good counting aid for the baby. The child can learn to count chestnuts, acorns or cones. Make several small pouches. On each, you can draw or embroider a number. Ask the child to put as many chestnuts into the bag as the number indicates.

Necklace or wreath of leaves

The simplest task and the most favorite pastime for girls is weaving wreaths or beads. Why not make a gorgeous necklace or a chic autumn leaf wreath. Maple leaves are especially good. nine0003

Give a child a thin string and ask them to string leaves on it.

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