Math Warm-ups Teaching Resources

Download math warm-up activities, worksheets, and more to engage your students and ready them for the actual lesson in this teacher-created resource collection!

The math warm-ups in this collection include puzzles, task cards, games, sorting activities, and more. These math warm-ups give students opportunities to explore fundamental number concepts, such as the counting sequence, one-to-one correspondence, and computation strategies.

What Are Math Warm-Ups?

Math warm-ups are short, low-stakes activities that students do at the beginning of a math class to review and reinforce key concepts, skills and problem-solving strategies. Engaging math warm-ups can also encourage students to explore number combinations, place value, patterns, and other important mathematical concepts.

The goal is to engage students' minds and help them transition into math mode in your classroom while preparing them for the main lesson.

What Are Examples of Math Warm-Ups?

Looking to add a warm-up activity to your math lessons each day? You can keep it simple with quick math problems, reviewing formulas, working on word problems, or solving puzzles.