Using a fall theme with your math centers or small groups will connect learning to the season. Preschoolers learn and remember more when they are learning in context and connection to their lives. These math activities will help your preschoolers develop basic math concepts while having fun!
Fall Math Activities for Pre-K and Preschool
Add some of these activities to your lesson plans and watch your kids have a blast while learning how to count, pattern, graph and more! You can use these in your morning tubs, focus on skills development in your math small groups, and add these to centers  for independent exploration.
Fall Play Dough Counting Mats
Your little learners can develop number sense and begin to make the connection between quantity and the numeral (symbol) of that quantity. Plus they’re developing fine motor skills, too! The printable play dough mats are included in the Fall Theme Bundle.
Printable Apple Grid Game
Help young children build number sense with this fun, printable apple grid game. Identifying the quantity on a numbered cube, counting one apple on each tree, adding more apples and seeing the quantity increase–this game builds lots of number sense concepts for preschoolers. This game is available in the Building Number Sense with Grid Games packet.
Fall Races
Available in the Fall Activities Bundle, this activity will help build number sense and one to one correspondence. Students will roll a die and move their playing piece towards the acorn.
Fall Board Game
You kids will love this printable board game that supports the development of number sense and one-to-one correspondence skills. Available in the Fall Theme Activities Bundle, kids roll and move game pieces to get the squirrel to the acorn.
Fall Number Identification Game
This game is available {in black and white or color} in the Fall Bundle. The Fall Number Identification game can be played using numbers 1-10 or numbers 1-20 depending on your student’s ability levels. The playing cards are available in black and white and color for your convenience. Also included are two printable recording sheets in black and white, one for each version of the game.
Fall Theme Number Sense Game
Your students can develop number sense as they match cards with finger, tally marks, dots, and ten frames to the circles with numerals. This game is found in the Fall Activities Bundle and is great for small group learning.
Fall Counting Book
This easy to assemble book helps reinforce number sense and counting. The Fall Counting Book is available in the Fall Bundle.
Fall Graphing Activity
Your kids will enjoy rolling the pocket cube and recording their rolls on the recording sheets. This graphing activity is available in the Fall Themed Bundle. Which item will be the tallest and have the most rolls?
Fall Patterns
Patterning activities help your students develop logical thought and reasoning skills. Concepts like “What comes next” and “What is the pattern” build strong skills for math understanding. This printable pattern activity can be found in the Fall Theme Bundle.
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The Ultimate Pre-K Fall Theme Bundle
A bundle of 21 of my most popular fall resources, including math and literacy small group activities! Make learning fun with these hands-on resources!
