Easy Preschool Spring Math Activity with Flowers

Last Updated on April 4, 2024 by Sheryl Cooper

Inside: Make counting fun with this preschool spring math activity. Create flowers using popsicle sticks and count them as they are pressed into foam blocks. Hands on fun!

Simple ways to add counting to your preschooler’s day are the best, aren’t they? If you agree, you’ll love this flower counting activity. If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, you will recognize a similar counting activity we did during small groups.

And yes, those are the very same silk flowers. I had leftovers in our spring theme storage box that were just waiting to be used!

This flower counting activity works well independently. Now that I think of it, this needs to be added to our math tray collection! It would be an easy one to set up at the kitchen table, for those of you doing math at home.

Easy Preschool Spring Math Activity with Flowers

First of all, let’s take a moment to praise simple activities.

Teachers are busy enough as it is. We don’t need to spend extra time putting together elaborate activities.

Whenever possible, I try to use what we already have and make sure assembly is easy.

Ready to put together a simple math activity?

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Easy Preschool Spring Math Activity with Flowers

This spring math activity works well with a spring gardening theme.

You can combine it with these other activities:

Color Recognition: Flower Sorting
Light Table: Foam Flowers Activity
Art: Flower Suncatcher
Art: Paper Plate Flowers
Math: Flower Counting Book (Free Printable)
Sensory Bin: Alphabet Letter Garden
Dramatic Play: Flower Garden
Science: Growing Sunflowers (Free Labels)

Find more >>> Preschool Flower Activities

What we used:

Silk flowers (we got ours at the dollar store)
Colored craft sticks
Flora craft foam blocks
White glue

Preparing this activity:

I glued the flower pieces to the tops of the craft sticks and let dry completely.

Note: If you want to eliminate the drying part, use a hot glue gun instead.

Getting started:

I set the materials at our independent work table and modeled how to poke the sticks into the foam.

We spent some time simply rearranging the flowers, working on our fine motor skills.

Then, I added some counting.

I asked them to put 2 flowers on the block.

Then 3.

Then 4.

I went as high as they could go.

More of a challenge:

Instead of saying the number, I placed a number in front of the foam block, inviting number recognition to this activity.

For some of the preschoolers, this was much more challenging, especially when I did not go in numerical order.

Like many of our counting activities, this can be adapted to your child’s skill level. Using 2 blocks, you could do some simple addition or subtraction. When your child is able to write his numbers, have him write them on a white board.

For younger children, simply play with them by poking them in playdough. Help your child count as she’s adding them or removing them from the playdough.