Fun Hands-On Learning Activities for Kids

Next to sensory activities, we really enjoy Fun Hands-On Learning Activities for Kids! (Bonus points when we can combine sensory and learning 🙂 )

On this page, you’ll find all of the activities we’ve done that meet these criteria.

Keep in mind that I’m convinced that ALL of the activities I write about are really learning activities, as the kids (and I!) always learn a ton. However, the activities I’ve rounded up here focus on more traditional learning concepts in math and literacy: Numbers, letters, sight words, addition, subtraction, etc.

I’ve included a lot of particularly hands-on printables (puzzles, games, clip cards, etc.). If you want to see all of my printables, click here!

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This is awesome! 30 fun Halloween printables for preschoolers including math and literacy learning printables, coloring pages, games, and more! My kindergartener is going to love it, too!

This simple printable game is so much fun for my two-year-old: Bat Color Matching Game for Toddlers! Perfect for Halloween (non-scary!) or any time of the year!

Does your toddler love matching and sorting? Play this fun and simple printable Dinosaur Matching Game for Toddlers that's perfect for learning colors, dinosaur names, 1:1 correspondence, visual discrimination, and more!

Is your toddler ready to learn his or her colors? Try this fun and simple color sorting activity perfect for toddlers with colorful wooden blocks you already have at home!

Play a fun, simple printable game with your toddler to practice fall vocabulary, matching, 1:1 correspondence, and more: Fall Matching Game for Toddlers!

Practice word recognition, handwriting, and more with this Write the Living Room activity that's perfect for Kindergarteners! Printable included.

Work on colors, vocabulary, and basic math skills like matching and one-to-one correspondence with this fun, simple printable Halloween Matching Game for toddlers!

Add a fun sensory element to learning to count with these printable Seasonal Fingerprint Counting Cards! Your toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners will love it!

Simple sibling play with water: I set up a super simple stirring, pouring, and color mixing station in the water table for my toddler, and both he and my kindergartener had great fun with it!

Learn a wide variety of learning concepts from literacy, math, science, art, and play with the new ebook Up! Building and playing with blocks, construction, engineering - here are 30+ easy ways to use the block corner for learning.

Play this simple dice game with your preschooler: Fall Leaves Grid Game!

Super simple literacy activities for toddlers: My 2-year-old got all kinds of kicks from this Post-It Note Letter Hunt that helped him take another step towards learning his letters!

Is your toddler showing interest in learning his or her letters? Check out these 20 fun literacy activities for toddlers that will give you plenty of inspiration for your tot school!

Once your kids have counting down pat, it's time to delve into addition. This Ocean Creatures Addition Printable Ebook includes ten different addition activities perfect for math centers for kindergarten or to play with at home.

Practice addition facts up to 5 with this cute printable Mermaid Addition Memory Game! Perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners working on new math concepts.

Everything rainbow bears gets my toddler's attention immediately. He LOVED this super simple Rainbow Bear Matching Game I made from a color sorting printable I offer. Great for working on colors and color words in tot school!

Practice counting up to 15 in a fun, hands-on way with this Fall Food Fingerprint Counting activitiy! Great for toddlers and preschoolers who are learning counting basics.

Help your toddler or preschooler learn his or her letters with these printable N is for Nurse Dot Marker Coloring Pages! Simply print out and start working on it, no preparation required.

A fun and simple no-prep way for preschoolers and toddlers to learn their letters: printable B is for Baseball Dot Marker Coloring Pages! Great with or without dot markers.

Quick and simple, hands-on, and sensory introduction to letters for toddlers: Learn the letters in my name with rice and plastic Easter eggs!

Have fun learning sight words with this hands-on printable: Ocean Creatures Sight Word Puzzles are perfect for kindergarteners learning their pre-primer sight words!

Learn, practice, and review sight words in a fun, hands-on way with these Solar System Sight Word Puzzles! Includes all of the pre-primer sight words, perfect for kindergarteners.

ABCs & 123s is THE book for you if you're looking for learning activities for kids from preschoolers to kindergarteners and beyond! 40+ hands-on play based FUN learning activities cover everything from letter recognition to double digit addition, from writing numbers to understanding base-ten. Your kids will have so much fun learning and reviewing all kinds of math and literacy concepts!

Stamping sight words was a super fun way of reviewing sight words for preschoolers and kindergarteners. It's easy to set up and do and helps to explore both new and already known sight words in a hands-on way!

My preschooler practiced graphing, counting, color words, and tally marks with this printable Snail Race Graphing Game!

Are you looking for a fun, hands-on way to practice counting? Try this soccer fingerprint counting printable! It includes numbers 1-20 for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners!

Practice counting up to 50 with this printable American Flag Fingerprint Counting activity! Fun and simple learning activity for preschoolers and kindergarteners.

Graphing games are such a great way of learning and reviewing basic math concepts! Give this Frog Race Graphing Game a try with your preschooler or kindergartener!

Printables for Kids: Practice counting up to 10 while playing with these cute Owl Counting 1-10 Play Dough Mats! Just print, laminate, and use. Perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

Printable Math Games for Kids: Learn and practice simple math concepts with this cute Community Helper Graphing Game! Fun and engaging for preschoolers and kindergarteners.

Is your preschooler or kindergartener learning pre-primer sight words? Make it more fun with these cute printable Community Helpers Sight Word Puzzles! Perfect for a community workers theme or just because firefighters, police officers, teachers, etc. are awesome :)

Learn skip counting with a fun Mexican theme: Cinco de Mayo Skip Counting Puzzles for your kindergartener!

Free Printables for Kids: Read, write, and color with these cute Community Helpers Emergent Reader Coloring Pages! Perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners.

Get an introduction to graphing and math concepts like counting, comparison, and even probability with this fun and simple printable Roll Graphing Game! It's also a great way to practice writing numbers from 1-6 for preschoolers and kindergarteners.

Do your kids love puzzles? They can practice counting 1-12 with these Earth Day Counting Puzzles! Great for anyone who's learning to count, from toddlers to preschoolers to kindergarteners.

Printable Literacy Clip Cards for Kids: Practice beginning sounds with these cute Earth Day Beginning Sound Clip Cards! Great for older preschoolers and kindergarteners!

Try these simple math games for preschoolers and kindergarteners: Earth Day Roll and Cover Games! All you need is a die, some manipulatives, and you're ready to play!

Are you helping your kids learn skip counting by 2s? Try these fun Earth Day Skip Counting Puzzles for kindergarteners!

A fun, quick, and simple way of reviewing and learning pre-primer sight words: Printable Superhero Sight Word Puzzles! Perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners.

This Hello Sunshine! Counting Printable Pack contains 10 different activities for learning and practicing counting at different skill levels for toddlers and preschoolers with play dough mats, games, clip cards, puzzles, and more. Includes numbers, dice, and tally mark versions.

This is a super fun introduction to graphing! Spin and race superheroes to fill up the page with this printable Superhero Graphing Game Printable! Fun and educational for preschoolers and kindergarteners.

Check out all the fun and educational printable clip cards Simple Fun for Kids is sharing! They cover many math, literacy, and other concepts for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners

Does your kindergartener know how to count with tally marks? My daughter thinks they're really fun, and it's a useful skill to have in real life! Try these printable Summer Beach Life Puzzles with Tally Marks as an introduction to or review of the concept!

Are you teaching your child sight words and looking for fun ideas to make it easier? Try these three ways of learning sight words with gross motor activities! Perfect for preschoolers and kindergartners, and great for other learning objectives, too.

Simple literacy activities for kids: Practice phonics with these Vegetable Beginning Sound Clip Cards for preschoolers and kindergartners!

Learning to read with a St. Patrick's Day theme! Help your kindergartner or preschooler practice CVC words with this printable Pot of Gold -at Family Read and Cover Game!

Learning with free printables: Practice counting and numbers 1-10 with these cute bubble counting play dough mats! Perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

Learn addition up to 10 with these cute printable butterfly addition clip cards! Realistically drawn butterfly images make learning simple math facts fun for older preschoolers and kindergartners.

Learn how to count to 12 with printable Peanut Counting Clip Cards! Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners who are learning basic math.

Does your preschooler or kindergartner love puzzles? Try these cute printable spring puzzles! Includes numbers for counting up to 20 and skip counting by 10s.

Free Kindergarten Printables: Turn sight word review into a game with this Easter egg sight word read and cover game!

Learn and review your pre-primer words with this quick and simple Sight Word ABCs with Blocks learning activity!

Printable Games for Kids: Play a fun bingo game with this Valentine's Hearts Bingo Game, perfect for preschoolers, kindergartners, and older kids, too! Includes four bingo cards and two ways of calling.

Free Printables for Kids: Improve your kindergartner's number sense with these One More, One Less Hearts Clip Cards! Perfect for Valentine's Day or just any day.

Free Printables for Kids: Work on those fine motor skills with this cute Baby Penguin Cutting Practice printable! Perfect for preschoolers and kindergartners.

24 Days of Christmas Printables - Day 23: Practice sorting, classifying, and matching skills for toddlers and preschoolers with this Christmas gift size sort printable!

24 Days of Christmas Printables - Day 20: Do some quick and simple Christmas cutting practice for different skill levels of toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners. Works on fine motor skills and helps with developing pencil control.

24 Days of Christmas Printables - Day 18: Practice counting and fine motor skills with these cute Gingerbread Counting Clip Cards! Great for preschoolers and kindergartners!

24 Days of Christmas Printables - Day 17: Play with shapes, follow instructions, and decorate with these Christmas Tree Shape Cards! Perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

24 Days of Christmas Printables: Make learning numbers more fun and add a sensory component when decorating these Christmas tree counting play dough mats! Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners!

24 Days of Christmas Printables - Day 9: Cute gingerbread lacing cards for an awesome fine motor workout! Works great for older toddlers and preschoolers!

24 Days of Christmas Printables: Day 3 - 5 piece and 10 piece Christmas puzzles perfect for older toddlers and preschoolers!

24 Days of Christmas Printables: Day 2 - play a simple Christmas gift grid game with a die, perfect for preschoolers!

Learn counting to 12 with the perfect winter theme! Cute Snowflake Counting Clip Cards (1-12), low-prep (or even no-prep if you prefer), aligned with common core standard K.CC.B.5 (rectangular array for numbers above 10).

Super simple, no-prep printable dice game for preschoolers: Thanksgiving Grid Game!

Is your preschooler learning to count to 10? These cute Turkey Counting Clip Cards (1-10) are great for reviewing - in November or any other month!

Whether you love winter or you hate it, you can now practice counting up to 20 and fine motor skills with these cute Winter Clothes Counting Clip Cards (1-20)! This Kindergarten printable uses a scattered configuration for numbers 1-10, and a rectangular array for numbers 11-20. CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.5

Grab some fun candy and make quick and simple Halloween candy patterns with your preschooler! You'll practice important math concepts, and you can eat your work when you're done - does it get any better?

Free Math Printables for Kids: Colorful Cars Counting On Clip Cards for preschoolers and kindergartners.

Hands on practice for sounding out words with -at Family CVC Word Pumpkins - several ways to play!

Printables for Preschoolers: Fall Beginning Sounds Clip Cards

Printables for Kids: Practice math and fine motor skills with Vegetable Addition Clip Cards!

Printables for Kids: Practice counting and fine motor skills with these cute Halloween Counting Clip Cards (5-10)!

Literacy Activities for Preschoolers: Spelling Halloween words with beads and play dough! (Free printable included.)

Printables for Kids: Practice counting and fine motor skills with these cute Halloween Counting Clip Cards (10-20)! Perfect for kindergarten and first grade math centers.

Football season is starting! Get the excitement going with this Football Printable Pack for toddlers and preschoolers!

Fun for kids of all ages with a simple yellow sensory soup with rubber ducks - water play is always a hit around here!

Simple yellow sensory bin with items you have around the house as an introduction to colors for babies and toddlers!

Printables for Kids: Back to Preschool Printable Pack to go with the book Maisy Goes to Preschool

Simple Math Activities for Kids: Patterning with Counting Blocks

Math Printables for Kids: Play a Shark Grid Game with your kids and help them practice their math skills at the same time!

Free Math Printables for Kids: Play a 4th of July Grid Game with your kids and help them practice their math skills at the same time!

Literacy Printables for Kids: Practice letter sounds with 4th of July beginning sound cards!

Math Activities for Kids: Who knew that sorting number stickers for another activity could be so much fun and a learning activity in itself?

Practice some early math skills with this cute Farm Animal Size Sort activity!

Learning to read? Add interest when the going gets tough with these CVC word play dough mats!

Gross Motor Learning Activities for Kids: Number Matching Race

Sensory hands-on math for kids: Addition with Play Dough Food!

Simple Learning Activities for Kids: Play Dough Addition - math, sensory and fine motor all rolled into one!

Literacy Printables for Kids: Practice sounding out words in a hands-on way with -at family CVC words play dough mats!

Practice addition and subtraction with these fun animal math worksheets!

Simple color mixing for babies in a squishy sensory bag!

Quick and simple Easter Egg Color Matching activity for toddlers - so easy to set up!

Easter Math for Kids: Preschool Addition Game with Chicks and Eggs {and a free printable!} Quick and simple introduction to addition.

Alphabet Hop: Super simple gross motor learning activity - because learning is more effective and more fun while moving!

Free farm animal patterns printable with different ways to play and learn for preschoolers and kindergartners!

Simple marshmallow hearts math for preschoolers - includes a free printable!

Alphabet Activities for Kids: Make a DIY magnetic letter matching board!

Play a quick and easy Contact Paper Fall Tree Counting Game with your preschooler with simple materials!

Foam Cup Construction with a Die : Roll to decide which cup to use next!

Foam Cup Construction with Numbers - extend a simple hand eye coordination game with numbers for more learning fun!

Combine basic math concepts with sensory play while exploring numbers with play dough.

A super simple game to get your kid moving and reviewing colors.

Fine Motor Activities for Kids: Three Ways of Color Sorting Beads

An introduction to letters and a color review for toddlers and preschoolers.

24 Days of Christmas Printables - Day 8: Quick and simple Christmas color sorting! Toddlers and younger preschoolers will love it!

Color matching and size sorting with simple DIY felt candles.

Simple homemade fine motor game for kids: Clothesline Felt Game

Do your kids love learning activities?

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