Counting Activities

Learning to count is an academic milestone, but it doesn't have to be boring! Below you will find many fun ways to help your young children learn to count.

Similar types of activities can be found in activities to learn numbers as well as our math activities.

We have created a week of activities to learn any number!

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In this week of number activities, you'll get a taste of what we provide inside The Activity Room.

While this week for you to download is around a provided theme (numbers), The Activity Room provides weeks of fun, week after week, continually around all the areas of development for 2-5 year olds! The fun literally never ends!

We also provide an extra themed week of activities to our annual members that are committed for the entire year. There is so much fun to be had!

Browse around for all kind of counting activities...

There's a reason we created a week of number learning activities! We have a lot of them here at Hands On As We Grow!

Browse around below to find out counting activities!

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"I feel like a new mama having so many fun ideas. I used to dread the afternoon, after naps, as it was so boring doing the same thing day after day but now I look forward to our "play" time!" - Haley S.
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I have found it impossible to Google ideas from a million different sites, get organized, shop for supplies, etc. This is exactly what I have been searching for! Thanks for making something so organized and easy to use. - Early Years Activity Plans User, Melissa C.
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"I absolutely love that this takes all the prep work out of engaging my children. It is so easy to just put up the calendar, and glance at it for inspiration when we are in a funk." - Rachel
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"There's always something new for us to discover, as well as old favorites. I am so grateful to have activities handed to us... Fun and easy ones that can be put together in a moment's notice! You're awesome Jamie and I appreciate you sharing your activities and ideas!!" - Melissa C.