Hands-On Fourth of July Ten Frame Cards

Fourth of July comes once a year, but so many of its themes are used all year long. I made these fun Fourth of July Ten Frame Cards for kids to use and learn numbers.

These work great for one to one correspondence with a fine motor activity. The cards are a fun, hands-on activity and a lot of kids love and need these.

It is a great addition to the Fourth of July printables on the site.

What is Ten Frame?

A ten frame is a two-by-five rectangular frame into which counters are placed to demonstrate numbers less than or equal to 10. They are a great way to work on number sense with kids.

The items can be arranged in different ways inside the ten frames

Ten Frames are an excellent way to work on counting and math at the same time. They are used a lot in the start of Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade. By using the ten frames, kids have a different way of learning counting.

Fourth of July Ten Frame Printables

There are two types of fourth of july ten frame cards. It allows for different levels of learning. You can use them to start to learn or review their numbers.

Fourth of July Ten Frame Fill Out Printable

You have a number and matching stars filled in on the ten frame. It is great for the beginner to use. These are great for matching and counting for kids.

Fourth of July Ten Frame Blank Printable

You have a number on the boy or girl and a blank ten frame. It is good for the older kindergarten and review for first grade. You can use these for workin addition.

Things We Used With The Fourth of July Ten Frame Printables

Here are a few of the hands-on items we have used with these printables.

• star buttons
• unifix cubes
• clear glass gems
• dot marker
• clear counting chips

How We Used The Fourth of July Ten Frame Printable

One to One Coorispondance with Covering on the Ten Frame

One way we use the fourth of jyly ten frame cards that are fill in is to have kids cover the items to match the card.

You can have them count while they do it. We use clear glass gems or clear counting chips for this. It allows they to still see the stars they covered on the ten frame.

Fill Out the Ten Frame

On the blank ten frame, we use the star buttons or unifix cubes to fill in the correct number.

This is a good way to see if they are counting correctly to the number on the card.

Dot Markers on the Ten Frame Printable

One way I have used the blank ten frames where I printed the pages as they are and used a dot marker on them.

Use Ten Frame Printable for Math

You can also use either ten frames for basic math. We used the blank or filled in cards. On the blank cards, I have them do two sets of unifix cubes colors to match up to the number.

On the filled in we match the numbers with two colors. We used the unifix cubes for this.

What you will find in the Free Fourth of July Ten Frame Card Printable:

• Numbers 1 to 10
• Blank Ten Frame without picture
• Ten Frame with star images
• 10 blue & 10 red stars to use with ten frames

Click here to get the Free Fourth of July Ten Frame Cards.

More Fourth of July Number Printables

Fireworks Themed Counting & Color Word Easy Reader Book is has counting from 0 to 10 and color words.

A fun way to work on numbers with the USA Theme Number Color & Trace set. This has numbers 0 to 20.

Firework Themed Number Digit & Number Word Match Puzzles is great for matching digit and number words for numbers with numbers 1 to 20.

Fireworks Number Dot Marker & Counting has numbers from 1 to 20 plus 0 if you need it with dot marker numbers and dot markers on a firework.

Check out all the fun Fourth of July Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com