I hope these Fall themed play dough math mats are not too late in the season for most of you, but I always forget that Fall comes earlier in many places than it does here in Georgia. I still have not seen any Fall colors yet. Wherever you live, I have many more mats on my play dough math mats page.
Print the mats and either laminate them or slip them into clear page protectors. I usually put them in page protectors and hook them together with metal binder rings to make them like a flip book. The top of each mat says, “Give the squirrel [#] nuts.” Students will identify the numeral on each page, and count out the correct number of nuts to place on the mat.
There’s also a toddler mat for children who are not ready for counting yet, but need the fine motor practice. This mat simply says, “Give the squirrel some nuts.”
Children can use play dough to make the nuts by simply rolling the play dough into a ball. You could also use real nuts (acorns or other kinds) — just remember they might roll around a lot! You could use plastic bingo chips as another play dough alternative.
Download the Squirrel Play Dough Mats
Note: This printable is FREE. Just click to download.
Download the Squirrel Counting Mats:
Download the Squirrel Toddler Mat:
Squirrel Books to Read with This Activity
Graphics by Jennifer Hier
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Thank you so much will do this! This is soooooo helpful. Thanks again.
Linda
Found the math mat very useful. My kids love those squirrels. Thanks
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I absolutely love your sight and all your ideas. Thanks for sharing them. I love this squirrel one. SOOOO cute! 🙂 Thanks again.
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Thank you so much! Great for my Fall unit!
This is a GREAT web-page. You did a great job. It is very easy to used and time saving for teachers like myself who are looking ideas. Thank You.
Love it.I was just looking for a picture of a squirrel to do this. I also use real nuts and acorns.
Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful ideas! I teach 4 year olds and these are great!
Libby
Love both of these!!
Thank you so much. Just what I need for my diverse learners.
Thank you for your great ideas
younger children can be given counting dots
Love this counting activity, especially the toddler mat which helps for my mixed-age home daycare group.