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Looking forward to summer vacation already? This preschool math center is perfect for getting your students excited about going to the beach. It focuses on number recognition to 20 so you can differentiate it as you need or even use it with kindergarten students. You can set up this fun free printable for an individual or for small groups.
Other Printable Summer Centers and Worksheets
1) Summer Printable Worksheets Pack – 50 free pages of summer-themed fun worksheets for preschoolers and kindergarteners to work on their literacy, math and fine motor skills.
2) Popsicle Stick Number Formation Mats 1-10 – These number formation mats are perfect for summer! Just grab some popsicle sticks and some craft velcro dots to get started.
3) Count The Crabs 1-10 – This printable set of counting clip cards will certainly get your preschoolers in the mood for all the sunshine and beach fun.
4) Watermelon 4-piece Number Puzzles – These 4-piece watermelon number puzzles will keep your children entertained while working on early math skills like number recognition, counting and subitizing.
5) Count and Compare Fish – Kids will count and compare fish in a tank and fish in a bowl to see which has a bigger number and learn how to use the symbols greater than and lesser than correctly.
Preschool Math Center Setup
For this activity you will need:
Paper
Printer
Tokens to cover the numbers they have found
Optional: laminator
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Number Recognition to 20
In this preschool math center, your students will practice number recognition to 20.
You could print the pages full size and laminate them. Place a bowl of tokens in the center of a small group table and have the mats laid out around the table for students to identify 1 of each number for example. You can assign a colored token per student or adapt it into a team game.
Alternatively, you could print them smaller and hold the cards together on a metal ring for use in as an individual preschool math center where the student would put an x as they find each number. If the cards are laminated, you’ll need dry-erase markers.
There are many ways these mats could be used and I would love to know what ideas you come up with!
Summer Vacation Theme
Pair this free printable with my 10 Ice Cream Themed Literacy and Math Centers or my pack of 10 Pirate Themed Literacy and Math Centers. Both are perfect for summer!
If you’re looking to go digital, I also have this game available as Boom Cards which can be used with Seesaw, Google Classroom and other distance learning platforms. Grab these internet task cards here.
Fun Books For Summer:
Other Summer Printables You’ll Love:
1) 15 Sets of Clip Cards for Spring and Summer – Learn to count crabs, bees, flowers, etc from 1 to 10.
2) Summer Gross Motor Dice – printable dice for getting kids moving outside!
3) Ice Cream Measurement Cards – grab your rulers and learn how to measure length using ice cream cones.
4) Watermelon 4-piece Number Puzzles – works on number recognition, subitizing and counting all at once.
5) Summer Printable Worksheets Pack – 50 pages of mixed worksheets working on various literacy and match activities.
6) Pirate Alphabet Playdough Mats – Literacy and fine motor skills are developed with these colorful playdough letter mats that your students will surely treasure.
7) Count and Compare Fish – In this fun game, kids will count and compare fish in a tank and fish in a bowl to see which has a bigger number and learn how to use the symbols greater than and lesser than correctly.
8) Firefly Counting – This math activity is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and homeschooling or for busy parents looking for something their little one can do independently.
9) Flower Measurement Cards – Kids work on math and measurement in this spring flowers-themed printable.
10) Easy Mondrian Art – My preschooler loved doing this super simple tape and chalk art activity outdoors but if you don’t have a garden, you can download the printable I made for you!
Educational Tools For Your Classroom:
Browse My Most Popular Math Printables:
1) Parking Cars Tracing Lines – More than 10 different tracing line patterns to choose from, all of which help with pencil control.
2) Scarecrow Arrange By Size – 3 different scarecrow-themed image sets that they will arrange from smallest to biggest.
3) Bumblebee Addition Game – Solve the sum and help the bee land on the correct flower!
4) Farm Shapes Mats – Use playdough, pompoms, stickers etc to learn 2D shapes.
5) Popsicle Stick Number Formation – Kids will love forming the numbers 1 to 10 when ice cream and popsicles are involved!
6) Valentines Printable Worksheets Pack – 50 pages of mixed literacy and math activities.
7) Zoo Animals Number Puzzle Strips – Complete these cute puzzles and learn the numbers 1 to 20.
8) Counting Colorful Bugs – This printable book will help kids count to 10 while also learning about color words.
9) Humpty Dumpty Numbers – In this printable game, your students will practice number recognition using 1 dice or simple addition when using 2 dice.
10) Build A Number Santa – Match the number to the correct number word, tally mark and domino to form a Santa Claus
