Category: Math

Butterfly Ten Frames

6/1/2017

We are finishing up out butterfly theme this week and I made butterfly ten frames for our math center. The ten frames are from my upcoming Early Learning Ten Frames release which will be available for download soon!!

Ten frames are great for math and number recognition as well as fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them.

butterfly ten frames for preschool and kindergarten match

Children pick a card and put the correct number of counters on the frames. You can choose to set all of the numbers out or just a few. For younger children I recommend starting with numbers 1-5 or 1-10. The set comes with numbers 1-20. Click the link below to download.

butterfly ten frames

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Birdhouse Ten Frames

4/11/2017

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birdhouse ten frames mat for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is birdhouse ten frames which is great for math and number recognition as well as fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them.

birdhouse ten frames math for preschool and kindergarten

I put the birdhouse cards in a basket along with math link cubes. We also like to use playdough balls with ten frames but you can use what you would like for the counters. I have included counter circles with the patterns that you can put on the frames.

birdhouse ten frame math for preschool and kindergaten

In this activity the children pick a card and put the correct number of counters on the frames. You can choose to set all of the numbers out or just a few. For younger children I recommend starting with numbers 1-5 or 1-10. The set comes with numbers 1-20.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday April 16th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added birdhouse letter tracing.

birdhouse ten frames

birdhouse letter tracing for preschool and kindergarten

birdhouse letter tracing added to the member's section

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Robot Number Match

3/20/2017

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robot number match for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is Robot Number Match which is great for number recognition and fine motor skills. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them.

I mixed the robots and gears up so they were not in order and set them out in to separate piles. Children put the robots in numerical order. We did this activity on the floor but you can also do it on a table.

After all of the robots were laid out in order the children then put the gears on the robots with the same numbers. The children can clip them together with clothes pins or large plastic coated paper clips. We did the activity as a sequence match but you can do it as a regular match without putting the robots in numerical order first.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday March 26th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added a robot alphabet match.

robot number match

robot alphabet match for preschool and kindergarten

robot alphabet match added to the member's section

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Roll and Count Math Mat

3/9/2017

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roll and count math mat for preschool and kindergarten

I made a roll and count math mat that can be used with different types of counters. The mat is a grid mat with thirty-five blank squares. I printed the mat on cardstock paper and laminated it.

Children roll the dice and place counters in the same number of squares that is on the dice. Play continues until all squares have been filled. For an extra challenge children can continue to roll the dice and remove the same number of counters until the mat is empty.

We used fine motor counters such as playdough ... pom poms ... and unifix or math linking cubes. Children who used the playdough shaped it in to small balls which can be done either before or during the games.

Those who used the math link cubes snapped together five sets of seven cubes and then broke the cubes off when it was time to place them on the mat. They then snapped them back on when taking them off. You can grab the roll and count math mat pattern below and also see a video of this activity by clicking the image.

roll and count math mat

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Shamrock Number Match

2/27/2017

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shamrock number match for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is shamrock number match which is great for number recognition and fine motor skills. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated.

I separated the shamrocks and pot-o-gold into two separate piles and mixed up the numbers. I set ours out on a table but you can also put them in a basket.

In this activity the children find the shamrock and the pot-o-gold with the same numbers and clip them together with a plastic coated paper clip or clothes pin Play continues until all number have been matched.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday March 5th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added a shamrock letter match.

shamrock number match

shamrock letter match for preschool and kindergarten

shamrock letter match added to the member's section

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Heart Counting

2/3/2017

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heart counting for preschool and kindergarten

We have working a lot on counting so I decided to make "felt" hearts that we could count. I printed them on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them. The hearts can be used on felt boards ... magnetic boards ...or just by themselves. I also made a color match by making two copies of the hearts.

heart patterns

I also made a heart counting video which you can see by clicking below: