{"id":26929,"date":"2017-01-30T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/?p=26929"},"modified":"2017-01-30T05:02:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T10:02:53","slug":"hands-on-valentines-counting-mats-1-to-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/hands-on-valentines-counting-mats-1-to-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands-On Valentines Counting Mats: 1 to 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Counting is a basic math skill that helps when kids learn addition and other math skills. It is one type of learning that kids need. And I know my girls always loved to learn with different themes.<\/p>\n

You start with the ten frame and then build the picture on the side. These have been popular on the site and I love having different activities for different seasons. These free valentines counting mats<\/strong> are the newest mats on the site.<\/p>\n

This printable is a part of the 7 Days of Valentines Printables<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The 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. Plus each one has a ten frame which is a great way for kids to work on the start of math. They also work great for learning ten frames in kindergarten and review for First Grade.<\/p>\n

Each of the mats has the number written out, a number for playdough, ten frames and cupid. You can see how I set up each of the mats. I used playdough<\/a>, the arrows, and heart buttons<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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I often laminate<\/a>\"\" the pages if we are going to use them often. But if I’m out of laminating sheets I’ll use a sheet protector<\/a>\"\" on the pages. Plus that makes it easy to store in a 1 inch binder<\/a>. I just put all the pages in the sheet protector back to back.<\/p>\n

You can see how we placed the heart buttons<\/a> in the ten frames and use the arrows on the mat. My youngest just loved giving the arrows to cupid.<\/p>\n

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Graphics from Melonheadz Illustrating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What you will finds in these printables:<\/strong><\/p>\n