Easter Math Puzzle Activities for Preschoolers
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March is a fascinating month because, aside from St. Patrick’s Day, you can also get to do some Easter-inspired fun and learning activities in the classroom, and Math is no different.
We don’t celebrate Easter in my country. Easter week is more of a religious week where you spend the week praying and doing all the Catholic activities you can imagine, even when I have to confess that for my cousins and me, the week was more fun than anything because we got to spend the entire week at my beach house having tons of fun. Ahhhhhh, those good old days!
Easter Math Puzzle
When I moved to this country, I found that Easter was super fun for children, and my daughters and son got to grow up taking advantage of this holiday. Of course, I had to use it as an excuse to create fun printables for them and my students, exactly like I do with any other holiday or theme. Thinking about that, I made this free Easter Number Puzzle activity that will encourage your preschoolers to practice their counting, number recognition, counting sets, and one-to-one correspondence in a fun, Easter-related way. You can download it at the end of the post.
You can use these Easter Math Puzzles as activities in Math or manipulatives centers, as a small group activity, as a take-home game, or as a Quiet area option.
If your preschoolers are familiar with different number seriations, they are probably going to be able to work independently. However, new students or children having difficulties counting or recognizing numbers may need your guidance. Remember to provide the puzzles according to your children’s knowledge, and start challenging them little by little. You don’t want to make them feel frustrated.
How to Prepare and Use the Easter Math Puzzles
Preparing for these puzzles is very easy, especially since I’m sure you will have most of the materials you will need. To get these puzzles ready, you will only need a printer, white cardstock, scissors, glue, a laminator machine, and laminator pouches.
Print each page using white cardstock. Then, cut out each strip and laminate them to protect them and make them last longer. At the end of March, you can put your puzzles in Ziploc bags and store them in a box for the following year so you can have them ready for many Easters in the future.
I recommend using these activities individually. That way, you can monitor and take notes about what type of seriation each of your preschoolers knows, build upon that, and help the ones who don’t recognize all of them. These Math puzzles are great for strengthening the children’s number recognition, seriation knowledge, concentration, and set creation skills.
Extension Activities
These math puzzles are very useful for other uses, such as having options for your preschoolers. Some of the activities that I can think of are:
- Provide copies of the pages, have your preschoolers cut the strips, and glue them on construction or regular paper.
- Have the children trace or copy the numbers.
- Match each number with magnetic numbers or the same amount of objects.
- Draw the pictures.
- Create centers to offer preschoolers choices and variation. I suggest creating different centers using the different free Easter activities I created for you. If you don’t use many at a time, use one or three different ones each week. That way, you can keep your children motivated and engaged.
Math Story Books
As usual, I will always suggest that you never forget books. They are magical instruments for your children’s inspiration, imagination, and learning. Books can help you deliver information and knowledge, but they are also great for introducing or supporting a theme and delivering the message you want. But most importantly, reading books is a fun and enjoyable activity that every child loves. So, take advantage of them. Here are some examples to put you on the right track.
- Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews. This unique counting will help children develop their visual learning skills, explore creativity, and practice counting numbers, all in one deceptively simple and fun! picture book.
- Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh. This book celebrates shapes, color, and innovation, where three clever mice make shapes and even find a funny way to trick a sneaky catMouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh. This book is the celebration of shapes, color, and innovation, where three clever mice make shapes and even find a funny way to trick a sneaky cat.
- Ten Apples Up On Top! by Theo LeSieg teaches all about numbers. Kids will learn to count to ten–and want to start all over again!
- Little Skill Seekers: Early Math by Scholastic. This book helps children build the foundation for a strong number sense, practicing counting, solving problems, comparing quantities, and more.
- Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 by Bill Martin Jr. One hundred and one numbers climb the apple tree in this bright, rollicking, joyous book, which is a companion of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
Pin It For Later
If you are in a rush and don’t have time to read the post and download the printable but want to save it for later, pin this to your Math or Easter board on Pinterest for later.
And don’t forget your free Easter Math puzzles, by clicking on the button below to receive your printable.
I hope you enjoy these activities and printables, and that March is memorable, fun, and educational for you and your kiddos.
Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.
Love,
P.S. If you would like to see an article about how to make something specific, please let me know,and I will try my best to write it for you. My goal is to help you in any way I can.
