Christmas Preschool Math Centers for Counting to 10

The preschool math centers for Christmas provide a variety of ways for preschoolers to practice counting to 10.  These colorful math centers are differentiated and adaptable for a variety of student needs.  I love using hands on math centers with my own kids because they seem to pick up the concepts more quickly and they have fun while completing the activities as well!

This activity helps students practice counting and number recognition.  Students will count the ornaments on the tree then place the correct number one top.  Not only does this make a great math center, it can also be placed in a busy binder for a quiet time activity.  

This activity is one of my kids' favorites.  They all love using connecting cubes with activities, so anything I can find to utilize them is always a win!  With this activity, they take the connecting cubes and stick them together and match their tower to the correct number according to how many cubes they used in building their tower.

Playdough mats are also always a hit with my kids.  The mats in this activity can be used with playdough or other manipulatives if you do not have playdough on hand.  Students simple create playdough balls (ornaments) to decorate their tree according to the number on the mat.  

These ten frames cards give students practice counting to 10.  Students will count the ornaments on the tree then fill each tens frame with the same number of manipulatives.  You can use mini erasers, bingo chips, small presents or any other small manipulative to fill in each square.

These tens frame cards also allow for students to use manipulatives to count to the number shown on each Christmas tree.  These counting cards fit perfectly inside a task box which allows them to be an easy to prep, use and clean up math center for young learners.  

Another great activity for a task box, these counting puzzle cards introduce the number words for zero through ten.  Students match the number piece with the tree that has the correct number of ornaments.  These puzzles make a great math center, morning tub activity or quiet time activity.

These Christmas counting clip cards also make a great task box center.  The cards and some clothes pins fit perfectly in these boxes.  Students will count the number of ornaments on each tree and use the clip to mark the correct number counted.  Not only do students get to practice counting to 10, they also get practice using those fine motor muscles.

The final activity in this counting packet are these counting puzzles.  These puzzles are differentiated to help students be successful on different levels.  One puzzle goes to 5 and the other foes to 10.  Students will get practice putting numbers in the correct order.

Check out all the themes these centers come in here:  Preschool Hands On Math Centers for Counting to 10

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Apple Themed Preschool Math Counting Centers

I absolutely love doing themes to teach and work with skills.  The apple theme is a great them for back to school time or for a fall theme.  These apple centers are all hands on math centers for practicing counting to 10.  They are great for preschoolers who are learning to count, or to just practice counting to 10.  Most of these centers are hands on, meaning kids must interact with different pieces and parts in order to complete the center.  Many have fine motor skills involved, such as playdough or clip it activities.

This is a great activity for students who need to practice counting to 10.  Students need some sort of stacking manipulative (we used connection cubes) to build to the number on each apple. 

These counting puzzles are great for students who are learning to put the numbers in order from least to greatest.  There is a puzzle for counting up to 5 and a puzzle for counting up to 10.

This count and match mat can make a great file folder game, by placing the count and match mat on one side of the folder and the number cards on the other.  Students will move the number cards on top of the basket that has the matching number of apples.

These counting clip cards will make a great fine motor math center or fine motor task box activity.  Students will simply count the number of apples in each basket then use a clip to cover the correct number.

These tens frame counting cards have students add the correct number of manipulatives to the tens frames.  Using the tens frame model can help students organize the objects they are counting so they do not loose track of where they are.

This is another set of tens frame cards for students to practice counting with.  These cards fit perfectly inside task boxes for easy storage and set up.

Playdough mats are a great fine motor activity for students to pair with counting.  You simply add red, yellow and green playdough to the center and students can roll the playdough into apple shapes to place in their basket.  You can also use manipulatives if playdough is not an option.

These counting puzzles also make a great task box activity.  Students will get exposure to number words with these puzzles.  Students will count the apples then place the correct number to complete each puzzle.

Times to Use

As mention in under various pictures, many of these apple centers work well with task boxes.  They can also be used in math centers, fine motor centers, as morning tubs or baskets, as quiet time activities, or as table top centers in smaller rooms.

Check out all the themes these centers come in here:  Preschool Hands On Math Centers for Counting to 10

Apple Themed Preschool Match Centers for Counting to 10

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