Flower Basket Counting Mats

Preschoolers and toddlers will love these Flower Basket Counting Mats! This hands-on activity is fun and can be used multiple times. This activity focuses mainly on the numbers 1 – 20, though there are blank pages for you to increase their learning.

• white paper
• printer
• laminator
• colouring pencils
• scissors
• lead pencils
• eraser
• play dough

This activity can be used in a multitude of ways:

• Print out the coloured flower basket counting mats and the coloured flowers. Laminate the mats and the individual flowers. Have your child count out the correct number of flowers and place them in the basket.
• Print out the coloured flower basket counting mats and laminate. Have your child create their own flowers out of playdough and place the correct number of flowers on each mat. They can also create their own numbers out of playdough and place them on the number.

• Print out the black and white flower basket counting mats and the black and white flowers. Have your child colour and decorate the mats and flowers with paints, crayons or markers before cutting out and laminating them. Have your child count out the correct number of flowers and place them in the basket.
• Print out the black and white flower basket counting mats and the black and white flowers. Have your child colour and decorate the mats and flowers with paints, crayons or markers before cutting out and laminating them. Have your child create their own flowers out of playdough and place the correct number of flowers on each mat. They can also create their own numbers out of playdough and place them on the number.
• Counters. Instead of using the flowers, children could use playdough to create their own balls or flowers, or buttons, pompoms or any other counters or markers.
• There is a blank coloured and a blank black and white flower basket counting mat which can be used for counting numbers larger than 20. Use a dry erase marker or playdough to make a number for them and they can add the correct number of flowers in the basket.
• Extra learning with the blank mats. Once children have completed learning their numbers, they can use the blank coloured or black and white mats to work on simple addition and subtraction sums. They can use the flowers or create shapes out of play dough to use as counters. An example is – place two black and white flowers and then add three coloured flowers. Add the flowers together and you have five.

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