26 Number 6 Activities for Pre-K Children
Here are 26 activities geared towards Pre-K Children learning about the number 6. Activities include everything from fun counting games, worksheets, and other fun activities to introducing math concepts and introduce basic math skills.
1. Number 6 Learn to Count
In this interactive video, kids learn how about the number 6 and how to count objects up to 6. The video also features a cute song to help them remember what they learned.
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2. Roll and Count Flowers
This cute game helps kids build motor skills, as well as practice math concepts. Attach contact paper sticky side out to a window, and then use painter's tape to add stems. As students roll a 6-sided dice, they add the correct number of "petals" to each stem.
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3. Tactile Popsicle Sticks
With this simple math activity, preschoolers can build basic counting skills by counting the dots on each stick as they run their fingers over them. You can also extend the activity by having them match the sticks to another sign or object, or even start teaching core skills like addition by counting the total dots on two sticks.
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4. Playdough Counting Mats
This set of activities for preschoolers is helpful on many levels. First, they are looking at and forming a number from playdough. Then, they need to construct the correct number of concrete objects to go with each number. The sensory nature of this activity is great for child development at this age.
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5. Number Hunt
This number hunt is a cute game to encourage number recognition and provides an opportunity for motor practice as kids circle the specific number on each page. It's also a great way to introduce or reinforce a particular number.
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6. Counting Stews
In this activity, kids can practice counting, but it also doubles as a shape sorter activity, an opportunity to build social-emotional skills (if working with a partner), and more. In this fun game, students count out the correct number of each "ingredient" for their stew, stir it together and sing a special song.
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7. Uno Card Counting
In this simple counting activity, all you need is a deck of cards (any numbered deck will work) and some clothespins. Kids flip over a card and clip the appropriate number of clothespins to the card. This is also an opportunity to build motor skills!
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8. Counting with Duplos
This next simple counting activity only uses a sheet of paper cut up and labeled with numbers and some Duplo Legos. Use numbers 1-6 or all the way to 10. Kids then stack the correct number of Duplos to go with each number.
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9. Basic Counting Skills Games
This list is full of simple and fun number activities. My favorite was using dot stickers to label the number of objects in a particular group (eggs, kitchen canisters) as you go about your daily activities. Pre-K children will think it's lots of fun as they build a strong foundation for later math skills.
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10. Paperclip Math
Paperclip math is a simple correlation activity where kids place the correct number of paperclips on a magnetic strip attached to a colored craft stick. The blog post has some great ideas about how to extend the activity for early elementary-aged children, as well.
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11. Race to Fill the Cup
This child-friendly game of change is lots of fun and allows kids to practice counting. As the dice are rolled, the child adds the same number of blocks to their cup. First with a full cup wins. Add another dice or use a special dice with more numbers to encourage child number recognition in older kids.
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12. Move and Count
Using regular six-sided dice combined with homemade dice labeled with actions to encourage movement for busy toddlers and build basic math skills in this fun counting game. Once kids have rolled the die, they have to complete the action on the homemade dice the number of times dictated by the number on the dice.
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13. Cheerio Number Tracing
Counting with physical objects helps to build number sense skills in preschool children. In this activity, kids practice tracing the numbers with cheerios and then placing the correct number of cheerios to represent the number in the matching box, also helping to build the correspondence concept for children.
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14. Smack the Number Counting Game
In this game, write out numbers on sheets of paper and tape them to the wall, or use sticky notes. Then, have your child roll the dice and use a (clean!) flyswatter to smack the corresponding number. After a few rounds, change up the order of the numbers. You could also use this for elementary students by making it into a race.
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15. Pom-pom Counting
This simple activity is great for preschool students and can be customized in so many ways. Simply write numbers on the bottom of cupcake paper and give your child some pom-poms. Then, ask them to use tongs to place the correct number of pom-poms on each cupcake paper.
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16. Car Race Counting Game
This homemade board game is a great way to practice counting. Draw out a simple "road" on a piece of paper or using chalk. Divide it up into matchbox car-sized spaces with as many lanes as needed. Then, kids roll the dice and advance their car to the correct number of spaces. Race to the end!
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17. Count How Many
This worksheet bundle is full of lots of great activities, including a sheet where students count how many of an object and color in the correct Arabic number.
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18. Count and Match
This simple worksheet is a great way to introduce kids to using 6-sided dice. The students simply match the dice face to the number in the right-hand column.
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19. Sandwich Shop
In the sandwich shop, kids make their own "sandwiches" using felt or foam pieces and menu cards using numbers 1-6. This is also a great reinforcement for sorting colors and shapes.
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20. Dominos and Cards
Using Dominos that add up to six (or your desired number) and Uno Cards (again, to your desired number), have students match them up in pairs. This is also a great way for kids to practice addition without knowing it by counting the total number of dots on a Domino.
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21. Link Counting Cards
This link counting activity is great to pair with "Oh the Places You'll Go". Print off the hot air balloons and laminate them. Then, have students attach the correct number of links at the end of the piece.
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22. Paper Cup Matching
Print off the circle template and fill each circle with dots 1-6 (or 10). Then write matching numbers on the bottom of the cups. Have kids practice matching dots and cups by covering the dots with the correct cup.
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23. How Many Sides?
Using shape magnets or wooden tiles and cookie sheets, have your kids count the sides of each shape and sort them accordingly. You can use a dry-erase marker to mark the cookie sheet for each category of shape.
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24. Roll and Cover
Using one dice and this fun printable, have kids roll the dice and then cover the appropriate number. Once all the shamrocks are covered, they're done!
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25. Color By Number
These worksheets are a great formal assessment (and are easy to check, too!). The color by number pictures in these bundles is all for numbers 1-6.
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26. Number Sense Worksheets
These number-sense worksheets are great for showing all the ways a number can be represented. They are also available from 1-20. Extra points for putting the piece of paper in a sheet protector so they can be used over and over again!
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