I've been trying to organise our toys and games by theme to make it easier for me to plan activities with the kids. One of the first things I'm hoping to set up is little boxes of inspiration. A maths box, a storytelling box, literacy box and, of course, a science box.
Z loves numbers, but the girls aren't quite as enthusiastic, so I'm hoping this box of little bits and pieces will help inspire them.
Our numeracy box includes:
- DUPLO bricks for colour matching and counting
- Cotton reels on a thread for helping with addition and subtraction
- Octons for shape and colour games
- Playmobil animals for counting and comparing sizes
- Little cakes for counting, these also have numbers underneath
- Dice
- Scissors and paper for pictures and writing down ideas
- A tape measure and ruler
- Wooden blocks for learning about 3D shapes
- Magnetic numbers
- A number line
- 100 square - my 5 year old picked this up and taught herself to count in 10s, which was completely unexpected. Definitely a great one to download.
Other ideas
- A sorting tray
- Beads of different sizes and colours
- Dominoes
- A Calculator and abacus
Can you think of anything we've missed?
More Maths Activity Ideas for Kids
Learn about bar charts and graphs with our LEGO bar charts.
Make a giant abacus from The Imagination Tree, or try one of her AMAZING discovery boxes.
Do some simple counting and sums with cars.
For older children, how about these cute little Waldorf Math Gnomes from Red Ted Art?
Rainy Day Mum also has some great math games ideas.
What Math games do you play?
Last Updated on March 10, 2025 by Emma Vanstone
maggy, red ted art says
Ooh I love HOW SIMPLE the items in your maths box are.. Really must do this with my son, who is in real "I love Maths" mode at the moment and all fired up. (thanks of the Waldorf Math Gnomes mention too!!)
Anna@The Measured Mom says
LOVE this idea! Thanks so much for sharing at After School.
Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says
I absolutely love this idea and I've started to collect resources to make our own based around J's stage of learning and his next steps.
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Thank you again for the inspiration and now off to hunt out for some more stuff.
ScienceSparks says
Wow, thank you Cerys. xx