Early Numeracy Archives - Empowered Parents

Explore foundational early numeracy skills with our collection of posts designed to make math engaging and accessible for young learners.

From mastering number recognition and one-to-one correspondence to learning about money, time, and measurement, these resources provide practical tips and fun activities.

Start here to make early numeracy both fun and meaningful:

Early Numeracy Skills: An overview of the 6 early maths skills.

The Best Way to Teach Maths to Preschoolers: Follow the concrete-pictorial-abstract method and try these 15 simple activities.

One-to-one Correspondence: Why it’s more important than rote counting

Number Recognition Games: 13 fun ways to learn to identify numbers.

Shapes Recognition Activities: Here are 10 simple shape activities to try at home or school.

Teaching Money: 10 things you should be teaching your preschoolers about money.

Learning About Time: Simplifying the abstract concept of time for young kids.

Pattern Activities: Maths is filled with patterns. Teach children to build, identify and continue patterns.

How to Teach Measurement: Here are 10 ways to teach preschoolers about measurement with non-standard units of measurement.

Graphing Activities: Teach children about graphing in practical ways they can understand.

The best way for young children to build early maths skills is through hands-on activities and engaging games. Develop your kids’ concept of numbers and basic counting skills with these simple counting games: 1. Number Hunt Practice number recognition by hiding number cards (with numbers 1 to 10) around the room or class, and having …

Introducing young children to graphing can be fun and engaging with hands-on activities. Before drawing data, they can organize objects like shoes, crayons, or toys to visualize and compare. This helps preschoolers practise essential maths skills such as sorting, counting, and estimating while preparing them for more complex graphing concepts in the future. Here are …

Symmetry can be quite an abstract concept for young children to understand. To grasp it, they need to see the symmetry around them in the world, and explore symmetry through art activities, and play. At this stage, you’ll want to introduce the idea to children, show them that it exists, and let them have fun …

Patterns are a key early maths skill. Children first notice them in colours, shapes, and their environment. As they grow, they identify patterns in counting, addition, and multiplication. Patterns also appear in language, from word shapes to rhyming sounds, and even in children’s drawings around age four. Here are a few general tips for teaching …

Teaching the concept of time to preschoolers is no easy feat. Since it is such an abstract concept, children need to be given many opportunities to experience it and understand it. While you may want to dive into teaching kids how to actually tell the time, it is important that they first develop a concept …

Teaching your kids about shapes and need some ideas for learning about circles? The best way to teach young kids the early maths skill of shape recognition is to let them see, feel and experience shapes in a hands-on, concrete way. There is no better way than by learning through play. Try these fun activities …

Teaching children about shapes and their properties should be a fun, hands-on experience. Shape recognition is about more than just being able to spot the basic shapes. It’s important for building early maths skills and visual perception (for reading). Letters are made up of shapes and children need to learn to distinguish, recognize and remember …

Read about early maths skills and how to build children’s skills with simple pre-number activities. What is Early Maths? Early maths skills are usually pre-number skills, that is, skills that contribute to mathematical understanding without necessarily involving numbers. They are the basic skills that children need to learn in order to be mathematically literate and …

Here are some fun and interactive number recognition games for preschoolers and kindergarteners that you can play at home or in the classroom too. There are several aspects to learning about numbers. There is learning to count, which you can teach with counting games and counting songs, and then there’s one-to-one correspondence, which is when a …

Shape crafts are a fun way to learn about and interact with shapes. They will help develop important skills such as creativity, planning skills, thinking skills, early maths skills, fine motor skills, visual perception and more. These ideas focus on the process of art, not the product. It is important to note that shapes are …

What is one-to-one correspondence and why is it an important part of child development? Children start developing number sense even before they can count accurately. They may know their age or the number of fingers they have, but understanding numbers fully comes later. Initially, they learn number names by imitating others, but these hold little …

Teaching measurement to preschoolers does not have to be complicated or challenging. Measuring things by comparison, for example, is a part of everyday life, and you will find there are many opportunities to learn this skill through daily life. You can also make it fun and stress-free to learn by trying these hands-on measurement activities …