Sort, count, add and compare . . . with food! Okay, m&m’s aren’t very healthy – think of the motivation to snack and count at the same time. Or you could try these activities with Chex Mix, jelly beans, Fruit Loops, or trail mix. (Am I on a food kick or what?)

Grab your m&m bag and try these fun math activities.

Preschoolers

• Sort the m&ms into color groups.
• Draw circles around the groups.
• Count

First and second graders

• Estimate how many total and in each group
• Sort the groups
• Compare – Greater than? Less than? Equal?
• Add the groups together
• Subtract one color group from the total amount

Third and up

• Estimate total and in each group
• Sort into groups
• Graph
• Divide the total into equal groups. Two groups, three groups, four groups

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