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24 Number 4 Activities for Preschool Children

September 7, 2022 // by Kaitlyn Townsend

While these activities were selected with the "number 4" in mind, most of these activities will work for any number. These math skills are also geared towards busy toddlers, but may also be used for remediation or reinforcement for younger grades.

1. Road numbers

In this activity, kids pick their favorite matchbox car and trace the number by staying on the road using a printed or homemade learning board. After some practice, you could also have students use paint on the matchbox car wheels and try to make their own road. This activity builds motor skills, and writing skills and reinforces number recognition.

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2. Ice Cream Math

Kids will love this hands-on math activity, and it's a great way to review counting skills after the summer, or reinforce them at the end of the year! In this fun counting activity, each construction paper "ice cream cone" is marked with a number, and students place the appropriate number of pompom "ice cream scoops" on top of the cone.

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3. Dot Painting

This fun activity can be completed in a variety of ways--with a dot painter, with stickers, or even with inked thumbprints. It also reinforces math skills like number recognition.

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4. Number Find

On this fun math sheet, students are challenged to find the number four in a field of numbers. You could also have students complete this on their own devices for a simple digital math activity.

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5. Playdough Number Smash

In this hands-on math project, parents can roll out several playdough numbers for their children. Then, they ask their child to find a particular number and smash it. The activity could be extended by adding letters, and other symbols or even asking the preschooler to make their own numbers.

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6. Alphabet Animal Crafts

In this adorable reproducible book, children can color, cut out and paste fins, wings, ears, and more on the number 4 as well as the rest of numbers 1-10 and the alphabet. This is a great creative learning activity for little ones.

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7. Sticker Number Match

All you need is some colored dot stickers, a marker, and butcher paper for this learning activity. After pre-writing numbers on the dots, children have to the correct sticker inside the number's outline. This fun hands-on activity is also great for developing fine motor skills.

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8. Post it Note Number Match

Similar to the previous activity, in this counting game, preschoolers must match up the post-it note with the Arabic number with the correct number of dots on the wall. This fun game could be extended to kindergarten children by making it into a race.

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9. Counting to Number 4 with Sesame Street

Sing and practice counting to four with characters from the beloved children's show, Sesame Street, and singer, Feist.

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10. Groovy Button Scavenger Hunt

In this fun button activity, children are tasked with picking out four red buttons, or four small buttons, or...be creative with categories or change up the number. This hands-on learning activity could even be turned into some fun math art. This could also easily be turned into a shape sorter activity.

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11. Fish in the Pond

Kids love counting activities that involve food! In this hands-on counting game, students place the correct number of goldfish crackers in each of the "ponds"--and get to enjoy a tasty snack at the end. This is a great way to reinforce counting up to four. Similarly, ponds could become different cookie shapes and students could count with chocolate chips.

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12. Number 4 Puzzle

This simple puzzle is a great way to introduce the number 4, and what it looks like. Students can also get some motor practice by cutting up their puzzles ahead of time.

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13. Pumpkin Pie Puzzle

These math manipulatives are great for students ready to take it to the next level. The set includes numbers 1-10 but could be introduced in pieces. Students have to match dice, pumpkins, tallies, and Arabic number together to form a pie.

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14. Kite-Themed Math

This fun number activity is wonderful for the spring. Students attach pipe cleaners to each sheet of paper and then string the correct number of beads on each kite's tail. This is a great way to practice counting skills.

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15. Number 4

This math video from Smile and Learn teaches young ones to count objects, what 4 is called, how to trace it, and more. It's lots of fun for preschoolers, and a great way to introduce a new number.

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16. The Number Four

This hilarious and catchy song about the number four is such an entertaining way to reinforce basic math skills. In this fun math lesson, the song provides lots of familiar and unique examples of the number four.

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17. Number Hop

This slightly harder math worksheet is still a fun math game to reinforce 4. Students have to either find the number 4 or sets of 4 dots to get the frog across the circles.

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8. Hands-On Number Worksheets

This counting printable is available for number 4, and all the other numbers 1-10. This learning experience combines a variety of activities and is a great way for students to practice several math ideas.

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19. Number Sensory Bin Hunt

This creative learning idea is an exciting way to wrap up a math lesson plan. In this fun counting game, bury foam numbers in shaving cream in a bin. As students discover numbers, they have to wash them off in a separate bin and then match them on a number line.

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20. Outdoor Number line

This fun learning activity is great for the outdoors. Using chalk, draw a large outdoor number line. Then ask children to walk to number 4, or hop to number 1. This is a great way to introduce the concept of more or less, an important foundation of math.

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21. Nature Walk

Discover math concepts in the real world! Outdoor activities for preschoolers are a great way to promote discovery and reinforce math skills. Go on a walk in the neighborhood or in the woods and ask students to find examples of the number 4 in nature (ex: groups of leaves, clovers, ducks, etc).

22. The Number 4

This colorful book by Ella Hawley is a great math picture book to add to a counting unit! It highlights the number four in everyday life. Children practice counting throughout the book.

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23. Shape Sorter

In the original activity, kids sort colorful shapes into matching ice cube slots. This shape sorter activity with ice cube trays can be easily extended for students to practice not only sorting geometric shapes but numbers as well.

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24. 123 (4) Parking Lot

This letter matching activity facilitates children matching upper and lowercase letters by parking cars. Similarly, by changing the labels and "parking lot", kids could practice matching Arabic numbers to dots, groups of objects, tallies, and more. This activity encourages child number recognition, an important concept for children.

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When Do Kids Start Counting to 10?

Feb 12, 2022 Counting to 10 is a major developmental milestone to which many parents look forward. But, at what point should your child start to learn numbers, and when should they be able to count to 10?

When Should My Toddler Learn to Count to 10?
- Do you feel like your child should be counting by now?
When Do Children Understand Basic Math Concepts?
9 Early Math Games for Kids Learning to Count to 10
- 1. Coin counting game
- 2. Magnetic fishing game
- 3. Songs about numbers
- 4. Get active while counting
- 5. Speech Blubs’ “Numbers and Me” section

When Should My Toddler Learn to Count to 10?

Math is all around us and from the moment children start exploring the world, they are learning. Whether they are identifying shapes, recognizing patterns, or predicting events, these are all mathematical concepts that develop as a child ages. But, at what age do children start to understand numbers?

The truth is, children will recite numbers before they actually understand the concept behind them. Though every child is different, most toddlers will be able to count to 10 by the time they are two-years-old. At this point in time they are probably repeating them mostly by memory and have yet to understand what they actually mean.

This concept is known as “rote” counting. Rote counting is when a child can say numbers in order, and is mostly learned through hearing the numbers repeatedly said out loud by others.

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When rote counting to 10, children may be able to cite numbers in order or may jump from number to number randomly. The more they hear others count, the more confident they will become in reciting the proper number orders.

Note: Don’t panic if your child is not able to count to 10 by the time they are 2-years-old. This is the average age that children learn to count, but is by no means definitive.

All children learn at their own pace and some will learn more quickly than others. You can help your child learn numbers by working with them on a regular basis and engaging in toddler math activities.

When Do Children Understand Basic Math Concepts?

We mentioned above that even though most toddlers can cite their numbers by 2, they don’t necessarily understand the concept behind them. Children don’t actually start to understand the concepts of counting until between 2-4 years of age.

The first sign that your child is starting to understand the concept behind numbers is with a skill known as one-to-one correspondence. You will often see this during playtime. One-to-one correspondence is when children start to group objects, pointing to each one as they count them. Again, this math skill is often learned by copying others.

The next stage is understanding what these numbers represent. For example, if you count “one,” “two,” “three” cars, then there are three cars total in that group.

Once children start to understand this concept, the next stage is pairing numbers with their written numerals. Most children can start to understand this pairing by their preschool years, or 3-4 years of age.

Other mathematical concepts that are usually developed by the preschool years include the ability to recognize shapes, use classifications (height, size, etc. ), use spatial awareness for puzzles, and start predicting cause and effect relationships.

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9 Early Math Games for Kids Learning to Count to 10

Here are some early math games for kids that you can do with your toddler to help them learn numbers and to count to 10:

1.

Coin counting game

If you give a toddler a beautiful toy, what will they want to play with? A box. This is because toddlers love “real-life” toys and often prefer them to plastic kids’ toys.

With a toddler, things like boxes, pots, and pans, and money will attract more attention than any toddler toy – so why not utilize this to your advantage?

To encourage counting for preschoolers, let them count coins. At the same time, you can work on sorting the coins by size and on learning the different values of the coins. Each of these are mathematical concepts that will develop over time, but that you can encourage by practicing regularly.

2. Magnetic fishing game

You can purchase magnetic fishing games at almost any store that sells children’s toys.

These games are exactly what you would think they are – children use a magnetic pole to go “fishing” for magnetic fish.

Encourage your child to count the number of fish as they catch them. Not only will this encourage counting, but it will also help them with their hand-eye coordination.

3. Songs about numbers

Children love to sing and dance, and singing songs together is a great way to enhance learning. It is a perfect math game for kids, since they won’t even know they are learning! And when it comes to counting to 10, there are many songs out there that can help your child learn.

All you have to do is search YouTube for “number songs,” and you can choose from a long list of catchy tunes to help your child learn their numbers – and have a blast while doing it.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of the classics, when it comes to teaching counting for preschoolers.

4. Get active while counting

When it comes to learning, we always like to encourage you to get your children outside. And when it comes to mathematics, nature is one of the most educational places your child can be.

Why? Because there are examples of math all over – the symmetry of a snowflake, the pattern of a pinecone, the geometry of a honeycomb, the height of different trees – math is everywhere you look. Of course, you can’t expect your toddler to understand the geometry of a honeycomb, but you can encourage them to count outdoors. **You also might check out Jon Scieszka’s bestseller, The Math Curse, for a fun story about a child who encounters math in everyday activities.

Go for a walk, choose a piece of nature (i.e., a tree), and see how many you can count on your way.

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5. Speech Blubs’ “Numbers and Me” section

Speech Blubs is a speech therapy app that can help toddlers and young children to work on their speech. It can be used by all children, including those at a “typical” developmental level, and those with developmental speech delays due to conditions like autism or other learning disabilities.

The NUM8ER5 AND M3 section of the app puts elementary numerical concepts on the tips of children’s tongues. It is a great early math game that you can use to teach counting to preschoolers.

Speech therapists will tell you that as children learn, the brain processes mathematical and linguistic stimulus in completely different locations of the brain. But, by doing exercises that target both of these neural centers simultaneously, you can help pave new neural networks within the brain.

When using Speech Blubs, children’s participation will be rewarded with fun facts that show how various numbers appear within the world, on our bodies, and within society in general. Regular updates of fresh and new content keep the app exciting and interesting for young ones.

Remember, however, that while the app works to help kids learn numbers and the concepts behind them, children always reap the most benefits when their parents participate. In return, it’s important that you make time to laugh along, mimic the speech models with your child, and extend the ideas on the app into the real world so that they can gain more context.

The more time you spend doing toddler activities and using the Speech Blubs app with your child, the more benefits they will receive from it.

Teach numbers with Speech Blubs! Our fun section, NUM8ERS & M3 will help your toddler learn counting and develop his number sense in no time!

6.

Go on a Numbers Hunt

Draw numbers from 1 to 10 on large pieces of paper. Tape them on the objects around the playroom or in your living room. For example, one can be on a chair, two can be on the couch, three in the corner, four on the wall, five at the window, etc. When you shout out a number, your child has to go to that number and point to any object they represent! If they struggle you can give them clues. This activity is best for kids aged 3 or 4 when they have already learned the numbers by rote. It is also fun physical activity if you tell them they have to be as fast as possible or if you have more kids in the room who can compete to arrive first at the right number.

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Watch this video for more educational math activities for preschoolers!

7.

Trace the Numbers

For this one, you need masking tape. Tape the shape of a number on a big piece of paper and ask your little one to trace them with colored pencils or sharpies. Besides the number writing practice, this activity is also great for working on their fine motor skills! If they like it, it can keep them occupied while you take some time off, prepare a meal, etc.

8. Sort the Colorful Mini Pom-Poms

Take an egg carton, and write a number in each of the egg compartments. Color each with a specific color. Now find objects to fit in the egg compartment that are the same color. This can be paper clips or small fluffy pom-poms you can get in the dollar store. Now match the number of pom-poms with the number and color in an egg compartment. For example, 1 yellow pom-pom, 2 red pom-poms, 3 green pom-poms, etc. Give your toddler the exact number of pom-poms for each color! Mix them up, and ask your child to sort them. They will be sorting for hours, learning colors and numbers at the same time.

9. Count with Legos

If you have Legos or any other toy building bricks at home, you can simply count them and learn numbers. Write numbers from one to 10 on a piece of paper. Below each number write a square or a box. Ask your child to put one Lego brick in the box under the number one, two under the number two, three under the number three, and so on. This will teach your child to compare what is less and what is more. You can also ask them: “Is one less than two? If I have two lego bricks, do I have more than one?” Don’t be too bothered with right or wrong answers (you can model to them what is right), the point is to just get them familiar with comparisons.

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Riddles about the number 4 for children: short, with answers

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Want to help your child remember numbers? Focus not only on standard learning materials, but also on fun games, including riddles about the number 4 for children. Short puzzles with answers can be used at your leisure. Then it will turn out to be the most useful for the crumbs.

The relevant material will be indispensable for kindergarten teachers, teachers at school, as well as for parents who responsibly approach the issue of participation in the process of the comprehensive development of the baby.

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Riddles with the number 4

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Like a sail in the wind,
Looks like a flag,
Even with the letter “Ч”,
This figure is similar!

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A hunter was walking into the forest.
Met two hunters
Yes, one mushroom picker.
How many people went to the forest in total?
(Answer: Four)

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Either a number, or a fork,
Or a fork in two roads.
In a student's notebook
I know for sure - everyone is happy with her.
(Answer: Four)

Riddles about the number 4 for grade 1

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To dress my sons warmly,
Two socks are missing.
How many sons are there in a family,
If there are six socks in the house?
(Answer: Four)

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How many legs does a table have,
Do a giraffe and an elephant have?

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Sveta brought from school
Three fives for verbs,
Three for prepositions,
And two for the suffix.
How many positive marks does Sveta
have in her diary?

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I cradled my sister,
I consoled Ksyusha,
I put three dolls to her,
Plush Bunny.
How many toys does my little sister Ksyusha have?
(Answer: Four)

Riddles about the number 4 for children

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Found five berries in the grass
And ate one, left ...

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Someone turned an old chair upside down at night.
.
And now in our apartment
He became the number _____.

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This figure is so similar
to a beautiful sail!
Inflates more and more
Number. .

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An armadillo has two front legs,
Two hind legs, and two more left ones
And two right ones.
How many legs are there?
(Answer: Four)

Riddles about the number four

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Mom, dad, brother and me
We all live in the same apartment
This is my whole family
How many of us are there? …

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We decided to make a film about numbers,
They began to turn on the cameras.
Where does the letter H come from on the air?
Don't be afraid! Number I!…

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An armadillo has two front legs,
Two hind legs, and two more left ones
And two right ones.
How many legs are there?
(Answer: Four)

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How many paws does a mongoose have,
Petals in a cabbage flower,
Fingers on a chicken leg
And on the hind paw of a cat,
Tanya’s hands together with Petya
And the sides of everything in the world
Yes, and the oceans in the world,
The number knows . .. (four )

Riddles with the number 4 for grade 1

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It is known that the cat does not wear boots.
But mom bought boots for the cat.
How many boots did mom buy,
So that the cat's feet don't get wet? (4)

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There are five fingers on one hand. If I bend three, and then I unbend two. How many fingers will I get?

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The numbers are all in a row.
I'll find them all now.
Only you help me -
One, two, three ...
What is the number after the three?
Is it _____?

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How many legs does a table have,
Does a giraffe and an elephant have?

Riddles with the number 4 for children

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There is a magic figure, and it is called a square. How many sides and how many corners does a square have?

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As it is sung in one song:
Twice two - this will be the number.
Before the five anniversary, golden,
She is standing . .. Well, who will answer quickly?

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A person has two arms and the same number of legs. How many limbs does a person have?

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Summer, autumn and winter.
And beautiful spring!
If we count them,
What kind of figure do we get?

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As it is sung in one song:
Twice two - this will be the number.
Before the five jubilee, golden,
She stands... Well, who will answer quickly?

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If I turn the chair over, what number will I get?

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There are seven candles on the table.
Five lit, one went out.
How many candles are burning now?

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How many paws does a dog have, a cat, and a hedgehog?

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To three frogs near the swamp
Two raccoons ran up,
Aunt toad galloped
And the mother hen Ryaba came.
How many marsh reeds
Was there amphibians?
(Answer: Four)

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I'm standing after the number 3,
And I'm a little behind the number five.
What kind of figure am I?

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If I enter a room and count all the corners in it. What number will I get?

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Children ate candy each.
Anya, Dima and Albert.
Another one went to Sveta.
How many sweets did you eat?

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If all directions of the world are counted,
Can you guess this number.

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I was at my grandmother's, -
She has all over her apartment
Three huge tables,
Each has ______ legs.

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The needle has only one eye, but the cat has two. How many ears does the pillow have?

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Look in the apartment,
What looks like - four.
We have been looking for a very long time,
We are tired of diligence.
There was a mess in the apartment,
But they found - _______. (Four)

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This figure is so similar to
A beautiful sail!
Inflates more and more
Number.

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