Free Bird Number Counting Mats: Number 1 to 10
Counting mats are great to have in preschool and kindergarten. You have lots of ways to work on them.
The free bird number counting mats have numbers from 1 to 10 with a counting mat area, ten frames, and playdough number to work in many different skills for counting and numbers.
You can count bird eggs, fill the ten frames, and then make the playdough number.
The Bird Number Counting Mats printable is a part of the 20 Free Printables for April.
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This is a great addition to the spring printables on the site.
What is a Counting Mat?
Counting mats are hands-on activity for practicing counting, They works on the skill of one-to-one correspondence. And helps with number recognition.
These bird counting mats have a counting area for the eggs, and a ten frame to fill out the match the counting area. Plus a playdough number for kids to make.
The bird number counting mat printables have a mat for each number from 1 to 10. This allows you to focus on one number at a time.
Things to use with the Bird Counting Mats Printable
- printer
- white cardstock
- playdough
- bird counters
- unifix cube
- blue color cardstock
- oval punch
- laminator
- laminating pouches
- sheet protectors
Ways to Use the Bird Counting Mats Printable
Making the Eggs for Counting Mats
The set comes with eggs but you can make your wond eggs.
You can see we used an oval punch to make the eggs for the counting in the bird nest. You can have kids make the eggs as well.
Setting up the Bird Counting Mats Printable
You can see we put the bird counting mat in a sheet protector and have playdough for the number and birds for the ten frames. You can see we use an oval punch for the eggs.
You could also laminate the bird counting mats.
You could put all bird counting mats in a binder and have kids flip through and do all ten numbers.
Using Bird Counting Mats Printable
You can make the playdough number and then fill the ten frames and put the eggs on to match the mat. You can have them count the eggs as they put them on the next.
You can see we use bird counters for the ten frames and the eggs for the counting on the nest.
These are three activities all for the same number.
You can also switch it up and use infix cubes for the ten frame and the birds on the nest.
Counting Just the Eggs Only
You can have kids just use one part of the mat. They could just do the eggs only. It is a simple way to work on counting.
Number Playdough Only
You could just go through a time and do the playdough numbers only. This is why I like counting mats with lots of different activities on them to do.
More Bird Number Printables
If you are looking for more bird number printables, you can check these out.
Bird Dot the Number & Count
You have bird dot the number and count the dots with numbers 0 to 20. It is a fun way to work on counting and numbers with dot markers. They come in color and black and white.
Bird Number Color & Trace
You have a bird themed number trace and color. You have numbers from 0 to 20 in the set. You can trace the number and write the number options. You can count the birds in the nest.
Bird Dot the Number & Count Printable
Two options of bird dot number and dot marker pages with color and no-prep black and white pages that work on numbers 0 to 20. And the color pages come in red and blue birds.
What you will find in the Bird Number Dot Marker & Counting
- Numbers 0 to 20
- In color and black and white – you have blue bird and red birds for the color
- Dot marker numbers and matching number on the bird
- 43 pages
- Price: $3.00
Bird Themed Number Color and Trace
This Bird themed number color and trace set has a birds in a nest with coloring and tracing or writing. It has numbers 0 to 20.
What you will find in the Bird Themed Number Color and Trace printables:
- 21 pages of coloring and tracing numbers
- 21 pages of coloring with writing numbers
- $3.50 for all 44 pages of printables
If you want to check out a free sample of this, you can go here to check out a sample of the page.
What you will find in the Free Bird Counting Mat Printables
- Bird themed counting mats from 1 to 10
- 10 birds for the ten frames
- 10 eggs for the counting mat
- Nest for the Counting Mat
- Playdough Number on each mat
- 11 pages
More Bird Printables & Activities
No-Prep Bird Weekly Packs for Prek has bird themed printables for PreK, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade and Fourth Grade. They have 5 days of printables with 4 pages for each day.
Birds in a Tree Stamping has bird for kids to stamp in a tree for a fun bird craft for kids.
Bird Pack is a great pack with puzzles, bird names and more for kids to learn about.
Bird Themed Number Color & Trace is a great way to work on tracing numerical number and number word. There are also writing options as well. Plus you have birds in the nest that match the number.
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