Sorting Number Magnets: Preschool Math Activity
Little M. has been having trouble
recognizing larger single digit numbers. I thought we would take an
opportunity to do this fun easy preschool sorting activity with
letter magnets! The cool thing about this is that the magnets stick
to the muffin tin, so no matter how she tilted the tin, the magnets
stayed put! I used a muffin tin for 6 jumbo muffins, so we sorted 6
numbers (4-9). If you wanted to use all of the numbers, you could
simply use a larger muffin tin.
What You Will Need
- a large muffin tin
- a few number magnets for each number (different sizes and styles are great to reinforce recognition of different fonts!)
- container to initially hold the magnets
Teaching Your Child Number Recognition with This Activity
Place all of the numbers that you would
like to sort in a container (nice and jumbled up!) Place one magnet
in each muffin cup so that your child can see where the numbers
should go. (Alternatively, you could write each number on a muffin
liner.) Take turns choosing magnets with your child, and placing it
in the correct spot.
When you pick up a number model out
loud how to do the activity. (You could say something like, “I
found number six. Where are the other sixes? Here they are!” and
place the number in the correct group).
Our number magnet set seemed to use the
same mold for the numbers six and nine, so it was a toss up where to
place them. We talked about this and had fun turning the sixes
upside down to make nines and vice versa.
Thank you for reading. If you enjoyed
this activity, please share and leave a comment! How do you teach
number recognition to your preschooler? If you need more math ideas for preschoolers check out Counting Beads or Counting Buttons
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