Pipe cleaners, beads , cardboard paper cut into circle, permanent markers and a hole punch .
Simple math activity that involves children counting beads on pipe cleaners along with fine motor practice.
Create a sorting game with materials from around your home.
Make the shapes giant so that they can hold all the interesting items you find from around your home.
You could even take it outdoors. Draw the shape in the sand or with chalk. Bring your inside items outdoors or find items from outdoors to sort.
This can be done for sorting colors as well.
Using items from nature and some cardboard or paper you can create a nature puzzle. Trace the items together. Look at the size and shape of the items together to find where they may belong on the puzzle board.
Using simply, easy to make snowman shapes lets chat about quantities, sizes and numbers.