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We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n This is part of my subscriber library. You can subscribe to the newsletter<\/a> and get access to the password there. You will find it in the numbers section<\/strong> on the subscriber freebie page. <\/p>\n This is a great addition to the new years printables<\/a> on the site.<\/p>\n A matching puzzle is where you have items on the mat that matches something on the puzzle piece. These can vary in the different ways that you can use them.<\/p>\n You can see the puzzle pieces of the number puzzle. You have the counting finger mat and the puzzle pieces with numbers. You want to make sure to print these on cardstock<\/a> You can see how the piece match. Kids are looking for the fingers on the page to match the numbers on the piece of the puzzle.<\/p>\n You are going to see the steps below we did in preparing the puzzle.<\/p>\n You want to make sure to laminate both parts of the puzzle to start with. You can see above that we laminated<\/a> the puzzle before cutting it out. A lot of people say the other way works better. But I like cutting after laminating.<\/p>\n You cut up the puzzle with the number on it. You can see how the below. We laminated<\/a> the puzzle and then cut it out.<\/p>\n You can prepare the puzzle mat in many different ways but wall putty<\/a>What is a Matching Puzzle?<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThings to use with the Number Counting Fingers Puzzle Printable<\/h2>\n
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Preparing the Number Counter Fingers Puzzle Printable<\/h2>\n
Laminate the Number Puzzle<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/div>\nPreparing the Number Puzzle Mat<\/h3>\n
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