Free Goldilocks & Porridge Number Sense Printable
There are so many parts of the Goldilocks and the three bears story. The part with the porridge is fun. And I thought it would be fun to add in a number sense activity for it.
You can work on sorting porridge to the correct table with the number matching the number of items on the porridge.
This is a great beginning number sense activity with tally marks, ten frames, dominos, and dice. Plus is a great free printable to use with the learning while doing the story.
The Goldilocks & Porridge Number Sense Printable is part of the 5 Free Goldilocks & the Three Bears Printables.
What is Subitizing?
Subitizing is the ability to recognize a small group of objects without counting. This would be with dots, dice, and tally marks as examples of groups of objects. Subitizing is part of the development of number sense.
Goldilocks Porridge Number Sense Matching Printable
The Goldilocks & Porridge number matching activity has tally marks, dominos, ten frames, and tens and dice.
I recommend printing on cardstock and laminating so you can use these repeatedly.
These area a great way to work on matching different types of ways that match the numbers. You might have kids that are great at dice, but not at ten frames. And this put all those different types of numbers together.
Kids will work on matching the ten frame that mean 7 with the number seven on the table. This can be don with all the different cards and number sense themes.
Goldilocks & Table with Numbers
You have number sorting mats. These have a table, Goldilocks and the number on the mats. This gives you an area to sort the bowls of porridge. You have number digits for the numbers on the cards.
Porridge with Numbers for Subitizing
You have four porridge cards for each numbers. They have tally marks, dominos, ten frames, and tens and dice on them. They each match the number.
Things to use with the Goldilocks Porridge Number Sense from 1 to 10 Printable
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Ways to Use the Goldilocks Porridge Number Sense Printable
You are going to see a few ways to use these number sense printables with kids.
Setting up the Goldilocks Porridge Number Matching
Below you can see a simple set up for a number sense sorting activity. You have the numbers you are going to work on. You have the cards to sort.
You can start with all the cards to sort or just a few of them. You can set it up for the ones that work best for your learning.
Matching All the Goldilocks Porridge Numbers
You can see below how you can sort all four cards below. You can ask them about why each of the numbers were correct. And it is a fun way to look at how each of the cards matches the number.
This is a simple center activity that can be done over and over in learning groups.
Matching One of the Goldilocks Porridge Numbers
You can also simplify this activity by giving them just one porridge to sort. This allows kids to see how each numbers is different and it works great for kids.
You can do this each day with different numbers. And then do the activity above with all the numbers.
Put the Number Goldilocks Porridge in Number Order
You can also work on putting numbers in order. You can do this for the tables and the porridge. You can do it for all 4 of the porridges. It is a great way to see how each of the numbers progress.
Each of these ideas helps kids to work on subitizing numbers and provide a fun way to work on the learning about numbers.
What you will find in the Free Goldilocks And Porridge Number Sense from 1 to 10 Printable
- Goldilocks and porridge number sense printable
- Numbers 1 to 10
- Number sense matching with porridge with tally marks, dominos, ten frames, and dice
- Tables with numbers
- 9 pages
More Goldilocks & the Three Bear Printables
Goldilocks & the Three Bears Sequencing Printables has a sequencing printable for the story.
No-Prep Goldilocks and Three Bears Weekly Packs are easy pack to use with six grade levels and are fun to use with the story. You have Prek to Fourth Grade for levels.
Goldilocks & The Three Bears Printable Pack is a great tot, preschool, prek and kindergarten pack for kids with loads of activities.
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