Playdough Number Mats

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When a math game and a colorful tub of playdough mix into one activity, it’s sure to be a hit with kids!  Get your students excited about ten frames and number recognition from 0-20 with these fun playdough number mats.

Then hop over and snag our best selling number formation pack from our shop or on Teachers Pay Teachers for even more fun!

Playdough Number Mats

Getting Ready

To prep the number game, I printed my playdough number mats and matching cards on cardstock and laminated them for durability.

Using scissors, I cut down the black lines on the cards and sorted them by category. I placed all the ten frames cards in a pile and all the numbers cards in a second pile.

Playdough Number Mats

We were ready to begin!

Playdough Number Games

In our small group, I laid out the number cards face up on a table for visibility and made a stack of the 10 frame cards face down to create a drawing deck.

Playdough Number Mats

The first student drew a card from the deck and counted the dots on the ten frame.

She determined it was a nine, so she scanned all the numbers face up on the table looking for a match.

When she discovered the whole number 9 card, she placed the match together at the side of the table.

Then, we went in a circle and students took turns pulling a ten frame card from the deck and counting the dots to identify the number.

Playdough Number Mats

After we practiced matching all of the numbers, I passed out a playdough mat and tub of playdough to each student.  It was time for a new number game!

I mixed up the number cards and placed them face down on the table.

Each child drew a card, said the number out loud and created its value on the mat using playdough.  

Playdough Number Mats

Grab Your Download

Ready to get your hands on these playdough number mats so you can playful practice numbers too? Scroll below and click the blue button to download your freebie!

Then hop over and snag our best selling number formation pack from our shop or on Teachers Pay Teachers for even more fun!

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