15 Playful Counting Bears Activities Kids Love

Inside: These counting bears activities are a fun way to introduce a variety of skills with preschoolers. Free educational printables included!

Parents and teachers love using toys that can be used over and over again.

Especially when they can build a variety of skills!

That’s why I love our rainbow counting bears.

We use them in our classroom for color recognition, counting, sensory, literacy, sorting, graphing … and so much more!

Today I am sharing 15 playful counting bears activities that you can try today!

👉 Make sure to scroll all the way down to get your free bears 1-10 printable counting cards.

15 Playful Counting Bears Activities Kids Love

Colors: Bear Cave Color Sorting

Colors: Rainbow Counting Bear Discovery Bottles

Sensory: We’re Going on a Goopy Bear Hunt

Small Groups: Color Bear Bingo

Fine Motor: Color Matching Velcro Block Fine Motor Toy

Fine Motor: Bring Home the Bears (Left-to-Right Progression)

STEM: Bear Bridge Challenge

Math: Bear Color Graph Activity

Patterns: Printable Bear Math Patterns Activity

Outdoors: Size and Color Sorting Bear Hunt

Sorting: Sorting Counting Bears with Cups

Counting/Colors: How Many Bears?

Counting: Camping Counting Mats

Literacy: Name Recognition Activity

Literacy: Using Counting Bears During Story Time

Free Bear Counting Cards

Bonus! I’ve created some FREE bear counting cards that help preschoolers count and identify numbers 1-10.

Click on photo below for link to activity:

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