Pencil Counting Mats

Preschoolers and toddlers will love these Pencil 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.

Pencil Counting Mats

• 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 pencil counting mats and the coloured pencils  Laminate the mats and the individual pencils. Have your child count out the correct number of pencils and place them on the container.
• Print out the coloured pencil counting mats and laminate. Have your child create their own pencils out of playdough and place the correct number of pencils 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 pencil counting mats and the black and white pencils. Have your child colour and decorate the mats and pencils with paints, crayons or markers before cutting out and laminating them. Have your child count out the correct number of pencils and place them on the container.
• Print out the black and white pencil counting mats and the black and white pencils. Have your child colour and decorate the mats and pencils with paints, crayons or markers before cutting out and laminating them. Have your child create their own pencils out of playdough and place the correct number of pencils on each mat. They can also create their own numbers out of playdough and place them on the number.
• Counters. Instead of using the pencils, children could use playdough to create their own balls or petals, or buttons, pompoms or any other counters or markers.
• There is a blank coloured and a blank black and white pencil 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 dots on the party hat.
• 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 dots or create shapes out of play dough to use as counters. An example is – place two black and white dots and then add three coloured dots. Add the dots together and you have five.

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