• Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
    • Email Me
    • Disclosure & Copyright
  • Start Here
  • Subscribe
  • Privacy Policy
  • Books for Moms

Creative Family Fun

Your one-stop shop for kids activities and family fun

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Spelling Activities
  • Family Fun
  • STEM
  • Movie Night
  • Toddler Activities
You are here: Home / Learning Activities / Math / 10 Fun Ways to Learn Math

10 Fun Ways to Learn Math

February 17, 2012 By Terri Thompson

Sharing is caring!

0 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet

When I was a kid, I rarely enjoyed math. All of those worksheets, memorization, and lists of problems to solve just did not interest me.

There’s just no fun in that!

Luckily, math doesn’t have to be boring. And for children just learning the concepts of counting and math, it can be loads of fun.

Here is my list of 10 fun ways to learn math.

Math doesn't have to be boring especially if you learn with one of these hands-on and fun ways to learn math. Play and learn at the same time.

Disclosure: There are Amazon Affiliate and other affiliate links in this article which means, at no additional cost to you, we could receive compensation for our recommendations. You can read our full disclosure policy on our Disclosure Page for more details.

10 Fun Ways to Learn Math

Play games.

Get out a deck of cards and start playing. Number recognition, greater than and less than, and addition are all very fun concepts to learn with a deck of cards. Here’s a post by Imagination Soup that lists several games you could play.

Get out your blocks.

Recently my girls and I had great fun practicing our counting and basic addition with our building blocks. You can also learn about subtraction or even basic geometry with your blocks. Start building and you’ll be surprised at what your kids learn.

Math doesn't have to be boring especially if you learn with one of these hands-on and fun ways to learn math. Play and learn at the same time.

Learn about measurement and estimation with non-standard units.

NurtureStore used Legos to measure with, while The Imagination Tree used hand prints. Better Than Homework used heart doilies for a fun Valentine’s Day twist.

Come up with your own non-standard unit. Maybe you’ll use blocks, foot prints, or even whole body lengths to measure. Try to guess how many blocks you’ll need to measure the length of a book. Have fun and let your kids use their problem-solving skills.

Play with pattern blocks.

Make patterns and have your kids replicate them. Create shapes using the pattern blocks. PreKinders has a lot of pattern block mats you can use to help your kids create pictures with the pattern blocks. (I found our pattern blocks at Discount School Supply.)

Hunt for shapes

Learn about shapes by going on a Shape Hunt. Send the kids all over the house looking for examples of different shapes.

Math doesn't have to be boring especially if you learn with one of these hands-on and fun ways to learn math. Play and learn at the same time.

Get out your play dough

Sculpt play dough into numbers or shapes.

Or, you could roll out lengths of play dough and practice cutting and measuring with a ruler, just like this example at Shannon’s Tot School.

Find fun ways to practice counting

For example, practice counting with a counting maze. Hands On: As We Grow shares this wonderful and fun idea!

Practice math with candy.

You can practice counting, estimating, graphing, sorting, adding, subtracting, and more using candy.

Creative Connections with Kids shows you some fun ideas with M&M’s and Quirky Momma shows you all the math fun you can have with a bag of Skittles.

Have some counting fun with nursery rhymes.

Your littlest ones will love counting along with some of their favorite nursery rhymes such as One, Two, Buckle My Shoe and Five Little Monkeys.

Get active.

Play hopscotch or jump rope to practice counting.

You could also mix it up a little bit and play shape hopscotch instead of traditional hopscotch.

Math doesn't have to be boring especially if you learn with one of these hands-on and fun ways to learn math. Play and learn at the same time.

Bonus Activity

There are many, many books full of math activities that you could find at your local library. Two of my favorites are Math Play! by Diane McGowan and Mark Schrooten and MathArts: Exploring Math Through Art for 3 to 6 Year Olds by MaryAnne Kohl.

Do you have any ideas for fun ways to learn math?

The following two tabs change content below.
  • Bio
  • Latest Posts

Terri Thompson

Terri is a writer and mom of two elementary-aged girls. She has a passion for learning and is always looking for ways to make learning fun. You can find her here writing about fun learning activities, art, craft, and family fun ideas.

Latest posts by Terri Thompson (see all)

  • Thanksgiving Math Activities for Kids - November 10, 2022
  • Paper Plate Tambourine Kids Craft - May 15, 2022
  • Outdoor Shape Activities for Kids - May 9, 2022

Recent Posts

  • Thanksgiving Math Activities for Kids
  • Paper Plate Tambourine Kids Craft
  • Outdoor Shape Activities for Kids
  • Shape Hopscotch Outdoor Game
  • Butterfly Paper Plate Wreath Craft

Primary Sidebar

Footer

Categories

Archives

Copyright © 2023 · Designed by The Blog Surgery

Creative Family Fun uses cookies to improve your experience. These cookies provide feedback to our analytics and advertisers. We use the information to track views of the site, where you go and to know if you are a regular visitor or brand new as well as provide a personalized experience where possible. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Reject Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT
0 shares