Top resources for Preschool and Early Math

Here are some resources that could help work on basic math concepts. Hope you like them, too!

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Baby Bear Sorters and Counters

Our son had a lot of fun with these. The baby bears took a bath, rode cars, and hided as we learned to count.

Counting Cookies

Set includes plastic cookie jar containing 11 cookies with numerals 0-10 printed on the bottom and corresponding number of counting chips on top that are raised for tactile counting.

Muffin Counting Toy Set

This is a great set where 60 muffins can be used as counters, tweezers for developing fine motor skills, and it is also a fun game. 

MathLink Cubes Activity Set

This set of 115 cubes is a hands-on visual aid to math lessons, and doubles as an open-ended building toy!

Connecting Foam Ten-Frames

Includes 4 connecting  foam frames and 40 foam counters. Ten-Frames are very useful devices for developing number sense within the context of ten. We use them as we do worksheets. It is a great tool to visualize math and learn it in a playful tactile way.

Toy Cash Register Calculator

This fun cash register is a solar power calculator and the set also includes 30 actual-size pretend bills, 40 plastic coins, pretend credit card, and activity guide.

Time Activity Set

Set includes plastic clock with movable hands, write & wipe clock, 24 double-sided analog and digital puzzle cards, 12 double-sided, write & wipe daily activity cards, 3 time dice plus activity guide.

Dive into Shapes Geometry Set

This set includes 60 sticks in 3 sizes, 20 curves, 34 connectors, and 15 double-sided activity cards. It enables hands-on experience creating composite shapes, identifying shape attributes, and partitioning circles and squares into equal parts

Set of GeoStix

Manipulative for 2D geometry and measuring angles.  Set includes 100 GeoStix: 80 straight and 20 curved plus 2 protractors and 16 double-sided activity cards. Size of sticks:1”-6”L.

Math Balance Set

Introduce your kiddos to equations in a visual hands-on way with this set including 14″ across balance and 20 weights.

120-Number Board

You can use this board to identify numbers, introduce place value, patterns, sequencing, teach skip counting, identify odd and even numbers and more.  Double-sided board has numbers printed on the front and a blank grid for patterning and graphing on the back.

2-color Abacus

Notice 2-color beads which reinforces the concepts planted with 10-frame. A must for visual hands-on math.

Base Ten Blocks

Great resource to use alongside the worksheets to develop number sense and real difference between 1, 10, and 100.

Sum Swamp Game

Game includes the board, 4 swamp creatures, 2 number dice, and an operation die.  Race through the swamp while facing math challenges and meeting funny swamp creatures along the way.