Pumpkin Counting In Kinetic Sand

We are always looking for new ways to put sensory and counting together. This is a fun activity that provided fun sensory, fine motor and counting. We stamped numbers and counted pumpkins to match.

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This activity could easy be switched up for non-seasonal items in the sand. It is fun and easy to set up as well.

What you need for this activity: sand, number stamps and plastic pumpkins (We got ours are Michaels).

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First thing we did was use the number stamps put push the number into the sand then we watched up that many pumpkins next to the number.

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One nice part about using the sand is that use get to use pressure pushing in the pumpkins and the number stamps. It creates a sensory activity. This is a look at our 1 to 10 counting. It is nice to review for the numbers

Pumpkin Counting In Sand - 
 - with kentic sand and pumpkins and stamps to stamp numbers and count pumpkins - 3Dinosaurs.com

After we have finished I have her pick up the pumpkins by the tiny stem to get some fine motor in. She also counts the pumpkins as she picks them up.

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We compared the groups of 2 that we had on the sand try. This was a fun way of counting by 2s. She picked out 4, 6 and 8 that she liked the sets of 2. This is a fun way to introduce skip counting early.

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Once you are all done with this activity don’t forget you can mess it up and start all over! I love the sand!

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Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com

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