Free Number Playdough Mats with Counting Printable: Numbers 1 to 20
Playdough mats are a great learning tool. The number playdough mat is a great way to work on numerical numbers and counting.
You have an outline number for the playdough number and then counting on a jar that you could use any small items to count.
A great way to work on numbers and counting at the same time.
The Number Playdough Mats with Counting Printable is part of the 5 Day of Preschool Printables.
The Number Playdough Mats with Counting Printable is a great addition to the playdough mat printables on the site.
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What are Playdough Mats?
Playdough mats are a great way for kids to build fine motor skills while teaching skills like ABCs, numbers, and shapes.
But you can also use playdough mats to work on counting, sight words, CVC words, and more. There is not a limit on the way a playdough mat can be used.
Number Playdough Mat with Counting 1 to 20 Printables
The number playdough mats with counting have a playdough mat for each number from 1 to 20. And a jar to work on counting with kids.
There are great for number centers for kids in preschool (ages 3 to 4), prek (ages 4 to 5) and kindergarten (ages 5 to 6).
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Number Books to Use with the Number Playdough Counting Mats
There are a few of the favorite numbers books we have used with counting to 20.
Have You Seen My Dragon? is a great book where on each page you are looking for the dragon and counting along the way. And it is a blast to read with kids. We have read this book a lot while working on numbers.
The Icky Bug Counting Book is a great book for counting. You have count different bugs on each page. And looking and finding the bugs is loads of fun for kids. Plus it goes up to 20.
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123 Dream is another counting book we love. You have fun pictures on each page for the numbers and they are fun to count. And you have a mix of items on the pages to count.
Things to use with the Number Playdough Mats with Counting Printable
- printer
- white cardstock
- laminator
- laminating pouches
- sheet protector
- playdough
- clear counters
- buttons
- dry erase markers
Ways to Use the Number Playdough Mats with Counting Printable
You will see a few ways to use the number playdough mats and ides for the counting and preparing.
Preparing the Number Playdough Mats
The number playdough mats can be a one time use or used many time.
If you are going to use the number playdough mats a lot I recommend printing on cardstock and laminating the pages. This will help it stand up to repeated use better.
If you are going to use it only a few times or don’t have a laminator. Then put the number playdough mat in a sheet protector. This allows you to reuse the page and not have to laminate. You could also put all 20 pages in sheet protectors in a binder to have kids flip through and do each of the mats.
Setting Up the Number Playdough Mat Center
You can see below a simple set up for a number playdough mat center. You have the number playdough mat, playdough, and clear counters. This is a simple set up for a number center.
You could also use buttons or other small items for counting on the jar.
Using the Number Playdough Mats
You can see below how to use the number playdough mat. You make the playdough number out of playdough snakes. Then you use the clear counters to count up to the number on the mat.
You can do this with any of the numbers that you are working on. You can do 1 to 5 for beginners and then work to harder numbers with older kids.
Using Playdough for the Counting on the Jar
You could also skip the clear counters and use playdough for the whole activity. You make the playdough snakes for the numbers and playdough balls for the counting.
Drawing Dots on the Counting on the Jar
You can also change things up by using a dry eraser marker to draw the on the jar to count up the number. it works fine motor skills to draw circles or other shapes on the jar. Plus it is easy to wipe off and then reuse the number mat with someone else.
More Number Playdough Mats
If you are looking for additional number playdough printables for kids as they get older you can check out the number playdough mat selling set that has ten frames, playdough for number and word with a number line. They have numbers 0 to 20.
Number Playdough Mat with Ten Frames Printables
If you are looking for a different type of number playdough mat these are great for kids as they grow older. They are easy to use and have skills that work towards addition and subtraction with ten frames.
What you will find in the Number Playdough Mat with Ten Frames Printables
- Numbers 0 to 20
- Ten Frames that match number
- Number line to help found where the number order is
- Playdough area for number digit and number word
You can check out a sample of the Playdough mats with Ten Frames here.
What you will find in the Free Number Playdough Mats with Counting Printable
- Numbers 1 to 20
- Playdough number on each page
- Jar for hands-on counting up to each number
- 20 pages
More Number Playdough Mats
Number Playdough Mats: 1 to 20 – You have a number playdough area and a playdough counting area.
Number Ten Frame Playdough Mat You have a number words and number digit playdough with a number lines and a ten frame.
Number Playdough Mats 0 to 20 have numbers for kids to make and then number to trace or write with for each number
Number Playdough Mat with Tracing 0 to 20 Selling Set has five different number playdough mats for kids to work on numbers with ten frames, playdough number, and more.
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