Inside: This spring math activity is so easy to make, and is a great addition to your gardening theme! It can be adapted depending on the preschooler’s counting skills and used as an independent activity, or in small groups.
I love being able to make my own materials for our preschoolers, such as these flower sticks for a spring math activity.
Like all teachers, I have a very limited budget. If I can make it for a fraction of the cost, that is just what I’m going to do! While I kept this particular activity simple, you can easily adjust it for those who are counting higher.
Count the Flowers Spring Math Activity for Preschoolers
What you will need:
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Fake flower pieces (check your dollar store or a craft store)
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Popsicle sticks
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Containers (the number of containers depends on how high you want to go with the counting)
Putting this spring math activity together:
- Glue the a flower on the top of each craft stick. (I used a hot glue gun.) If you are using 5 containers, you will need 15.
- Label your containers 1-5, or more, if that is your choice. You can simply write these on a sticker and place it on the container, or print them from the computer (as I did) and tape them to the container.
How to do this spring math activity:
- Display the containers in a row, with the flower sticks beside them.
- Call out the numbers with your children, pointing to each number as you do so.
- Invite the children to place the correct number of flowers in each container.
- Once the children master this, try mixing up the numbers so they are not in order.
Come see another way we used our silk flowers!
More math ideas for preschoolers:
Looks great, I’ve been looking for counting games for my 2 year old, we have all the bits except fake flowers so I might make cardboard lollies instead 🙂
yea for beautiful ways to count! Love the sensory side of this activity.