When little learners are having fun, they often don’t realize just how much they’re practicing along the way.
Counting, tracing, recognizing words, solving simple sums and developing pencil control are all important early skills, but young children also need variety to keep learning interesting.
My FUN Activity Book is a 29-page printable PDF resource for children aged 4 years and older, filled with a mixture of early maths, literacy, pre-writing, fine-motor and creative activities. Instead of concentrating on only one skill, the booklet gives children something different to discover as they move from page to page.
What’s Inside?
This booklet has been designed as a mixed activity book, making it ideal when you want to give a child enjoyable practice across several early learning areas.
Children begin with connect-the-number pictures, following numbers in the correct sequence to complete fun characters before colouring them in. These dot-to-dot activities use sequences up to 25, combining number order with careful visual tracking and pencil control.
The booklet also includes plenty of large colouring pictures, giving children a creative break between more structured learning activities.
Early Maths Practice
Maths is worked naturally into several of the activities.
One worksheet uses snowflakes and ten frames, asking children to look at numbers such as 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and colour the corresponding quantity in each ten frame. This helps children connect a written numeral with a visual representation of quantity.
Another activity combines colouring with basic addition and subtraction. Children solve calculations such as 8 + 1, 5 + 3, 2 + 2, 10 − 3, 9 − 5 and 8 − 7 while enjoying the accompanying picture.
There is also dedicated number tracing practice, where children follow the dotted formations to trace numbers in the correct order.
So while the activities feel varied, children are practicing useful early maths skills including number recognition, number order, quantity and simple calculations.
Early Literacy and Word Recognition
The booklet also introduces literacy activities.
On the mitten activity, children need to identify matching words and colour gloves containing the same words with the same colour. Words include cat, man, sun, all, yes and bed. This turns word recognition into a visual matching activity rather than simply asking children to read from a list.
Another page asks children to circle the words they can read and understand, distinguishing meaningful words such as bus, pot, bed, man, bee, eat, sun, take, cat and win from groups of non-words.
There is also an activity where children can write their own name, giving them an opportunity to practice something particularly meaningful to young learners: recognizing and writing the letters that belong to them.
Fine-Motor and Pre-Writing Fun
Before handwriting becomes comfortable, little hands need plenty of opportunities to practice controlled movements.
My FUN Activity Book includes several line-tracing activities, encouraging children to follow different paths while developing pencil control and visual tracking. Children can colour the pictures afterwards, combining structured practice with creativity.
The booklet also includes hands-on pages where children colour the pictures and then dip an earbud or finger into paint to fill the empty circles. These activities add a tactile element and provide another way for children to practice controlled hand movements.
Why Teachers and Parents Will Love It
Sometimes you don’t need another workbook devoted to one single concept. You need a resource you can print, put on the table and know that the child will get a little maths, a little literacy, some pencil practice and plenty of creativity.
That is where this booklet shines.
The variety makes it useful for children who may lose interest when every page looks the same. One moment they’re joining numbers to complete a picture; the next they’re colouring, working with ten frames, solving a simple sum, matching words or tracing lines.
For parents, it provides a convenient collection of activities for additional learning at home.
For teachers and homeschoolers, individual worksheets can be selected according to the skill being practiced rather than requiring children to complete the entire book in order.
And because the activity pages are predominantly black and white, children get plenty of opportunity to make each page their own with pencils, crayons or paint.
Advantages of This Resource
Combines several early learning skills in one activity book
Suitable for children aged 4 years and older
Includes connect-the-number activities with sequences up to 25
Reinforces number recognition and number order
Introduces ten-frame activities for representing quantities visually
Includes basic addition and subtraction practice
Provides number tracing practice
Includes early word-recognition and word-matching activities
Encourages children to distinguish familiar words from non-words
Includes name-writing practice
Provides line-tracing activities for pre-writing practice
Supports pencil control and visual tracking
Includes hands-on paint-dot activities using a finger or earbud
Provides plenty of colouring opportunities
Encourages fine-motor development through tracing, colouring, writing and painting
Offers a variety of activities to help maintain a young learner’s interest
Suitable for classroom use, homeschooling, quiet-time activities and additional practice at home
Individual pages can be printed according to the child’s interests or learning needs
Age: 4+ years Pages: 29 Topics: Early maths, early literacy, pre-writing and creative activities Skills: Counting, number recognition, number sequencing, ten frames, basic addition and subtraction, word recognition, tracing, pencil control, fine-motor skills and name writing Format: Digital PDF
This is a digital, printable product. No physical activity book will be shipped. After purchase, simply download the PDF and print the pages you would like to use. Pencils, crayons, paint, earbuds and other physical materials are not included.
Not every learning session needs to feel like a lesson. Sometimes a child simply needs an interesting page, a pencil in their hand and something fun to figure out.
Give young learners a little bit of counting, reading, tracing, colouring, problem-solving and creativity all in one place with My FUN Activity Book.