Christmas Lights Counting Mat
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A Christmas counting game that's calm, not another craft to clean up. Put the lights on the string, one at a time, and count them together. It feels like decorating.
From the Lights and Giving theme · math · 5-minute prep · free printable
You need
The printed mat and ten pom-poms to be the lights. Pick pom-poms too big to fit through a toilet paper tube.
Make it yours
Match each pom-pom to its circle color, or count the real lights on your tree or window after.
Safety: use pom-poms too big to fit through a toilet paper tube, and stay close with children who still mouth things.
Three levels tres niveles
Fold the mat in half. Put one light on each of the top circles.
Count out 5 lights and place them, saying each number.
Fill all 10, then add one more. How many now?
Ages are a loose guide. Start at Begin if you're not sure, and follow your child.
Count in Spanish en español
Say each number as the piece goes down. You don't need to speak Spanish.
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