Monday, October 31, 2016

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{FREE} Owl Counting Playdough Mats

Owls are one of our favorite fall themes! They fit a lot of other themes too, but I was delighted when we found out that this week's theme for the Virtual Book Club was going to be owls! So today I'm sharing our owl counting activity with {FREE} playdough mats!


We used these mats to make and count little playdough owls, 



work on counting up to 10, 
identifying numbers, 



and even writing numbers (with playdough)!





You can also use them as part of a sensory activity, a fine motor exercise, or as a prop to talk about colors! It was tons of fun to work on with my kiddos, but could also be used independently or as a center.

This one is a "3" with "rainbow owls hiding in the rainbow branches!"




Also be sure to check out our owl fingerpuppets and rhymes--we use them all the time, and I think you'll love them!!

We are sharing these owl counting playdough mats for the Virtual Book Club's owl week! The book this week is Owl Babies by Martin Waddell (image below is an Amazon Affiliate link):


You can learn more about the Virtual Book Club HERE, or join in all the fun at the Weekly Virtual Book Club group on Facebook!

And be sure to check out these other owl themed activities from VBC hosts:

OWL THEMED LITERACY ACTIVITIES

Alphabet Roll and Colour from Sea of Knowledge
Pre-writing Craft for Kids: Scratch Art Owl from School Time Snippets

Printable Owl Themed Alphabet Game from The Educators' Spin On It

OWL THEMED MATH ACTIVITIES

Owl Babies Counting Activity from Clare’s Little Tots
Owl’s Day Ordering Activity from My Storytime Corner
Owl Counting Playdough Mats from Preschool Powol Packets

OWL THEMED ARTS, CRAFTS, AND SENSORY ACTIVITIES

Owl Babies Sponge Painting from Adventure of Adam

OWL THEMED SCIENCE ACTIVITIES

Owl Eye Sight STEM Activity from J Daniel4’s Mom
Build a Nest STEM Activity from Views From a Step Stool

OWL THEMED GROSS AND FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES

Owl Puppets from Powerful Mothering


Amazon Affiliate Links:






Happy Educating,
Carla










I may share at any of these parties!




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5 comments:

Rainy Day Mum said...

What a great resource the mats look good. I will have to download and print to use at home with my kids.

Rebecca said...

There are adorable! Printing them out for our homeschool preschool this week. Thanks!

JDaniel4's Mom said...

This is such a wonderful activity! What cool play dough mats!

Unknown said...

Your counting mats are super cute! I like the way that you combined so many skills in this activity.

Clare's Little Tots said...

What cute little owls I love the multicoloured ones where the playdough has mixed :-)