Hands-On Counting with Fishbowl Counting Mats

Counting maths are one of my favorite activities to use. You can use them for counting number and work into more math activities.

Today I have a free fishbowl counting mat that is great for PreK and kindergarten. I love that these mats have two hands-on activities for learning to count.

This printable is apart of My Pets Week

The counting mats are perfect for kids working on their numbers 1 to 10. They are straightforward and easy to set up and make a great math center for preschool and kindergarten. Each one has a ten frame which is a great way for kids to work on the start of math.

Each of the counting mats has the number written out, a number for playdough, ten frames and flowers for the background. You can see how I set up each of the mats. I used playdough, fish counters, and unifix cubes.

I often laminate the pages if we are going to use them often. But if I’m out of laminating sheets or only using one time, I’ll use a sheet protector on the pages. I might also used the sheet protectors to store them in a binder. I just put all the pages in the sheet protectors back to back. This makes an easy to pull out activity they can do.

You can see how we placed the unifix cubes in the ten frames and the fish counters on the mat. We used the playdough to build the number.

Things we use with this mat

If you are looking for fishbowl number activities and printables check these out.

I have a set of fishbowl number color trace pages. Thes pages have two options for tracing or writing. The set has numbers 0 to 20 for kids to work on. There is also a pets version that is also fun to use.

You can also check out the Fishbowl number find. These are great to match up to the mats. You can do the mat and follow up with the number find. We had fun putting the fish on the numbers.

Fish Bowl Number Find

Number digits and number words for kids to work on. You can trace the number or word and then dot them!

What you will find in these printables:

• Number 0 to 20 in digit and word options
• Tracing section for each number
• Several numbers to dot on the fish bowls
• $3.50 for all 43 pages of printables

If you want to check out a free sample of this you can go here to check out a sample of the pages.

Fishbowl Themed Number Color and Trace

This fishbowl themed number color and trace set has pet fish theme with coloring and tracing or writing. It has numbers 0 to 20.

What you will find in these printables:

• 21 pages of coloring and tracing numbers
• 21 pages of coloring with writing numbers
• $3.50 for all 44 pages of printables

If you want to check out a free sample of this you can go here to check out a sample of the page.

Pet Themed Number Color and Trace

This pet themed number color and trace set has 10 different pets with coloring and tracing or writing. It has numbers 0 to 20.

What you will find in these printables:

• 21 pages of coloring and tracing numbers
• 21 pages of coloring with writing numbers
• $3.50 for all 44 pages of printables

If you want to check out a free sample of this you can go here to check out a sample of the page.

What you will find in the Free Fish Bowl Counting Mats: 1 to 10 Printables:

• Numbers 1 to 10
• Ten Frames for Counting
• Number Digit and Number Word
• 10 fishbowls for the 10 frames
• 10 fish for the counting mats

Click here to get your copy of the Free Fish Bowl Theme Counting Mats.

Be sure to check out all 5 Day My Pet Week.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com