Counting Crayons is a colourful, hands-on early math activity designed to help young children explore numbers, colours, and sorting through play. Each crayon-shaped container is labelled with a number and colour, and children match and drop the corresponding counters into the correct crayon. As they play, learners practise counting, colour recognition, and early sorting skills while developing the fine motor control needed for writing and everyday classroom tasks.

Aligned with the Ontario Kindergarten Program, this activity supports early mathematics learning by encouraging children to recognize numbers, count objects, sort and classify by attributes, and build one-to-one correspondence. The playful design and chunky pieces are ideal for small hands, helping strengthen pincer grasp and hand-eye coordination while keeping learning engaging.

Skills Developed

• Recognizing numbers and number symbols

• Counting objects with one-to-one correspondence

• Sorting and classifying by colour

• Matching quantities to numbers

• Colour recognition

Perfect for ages 18 months+, early learners, daycare programs, preschool classrooms, kindergarten math centres, and home learning environments.