Halloween is the perfect time to add a little extra fun and excitement into your kindergarten classroom! Young learners are already buzzing with anticipation for costumes, candy, and all things spooky—so why not channel that energy into learning some math? This Halloween Count and Write the Room math activity is a great way to keep students engaged while practicing important early math skills like counting and number writing.

Academic Skills Covered

This activity is best for older preschool and kindergarten students. However, as always, you know your students best so you can determine if it meets their needs. Here are a few of the skills this activity that this activity covers:

• Exposure and understanding of ten frames as a math tool
• One to one correspondence
• Number recognition
• Number writing
• Counting to 10

You can check out more counting math activities in this post, 12 Counting Activities to Teach Numbers 1-10.

Supplies Needed

For this Halloween Count and Write the Room activity you will need:

• Recording Page (included in the download)
• Tens Frames (included in the download)
• Tape
• Pencil
• Clipboard (a class set of clipboards is seriously a gamechanger!)

Halloween Count and Write the Room Directions

1. Access and print the Halloween Count and Write the Room. It will have everything you need for this activity! Each child participating in the activity will need a copy of the recording sheet.
2. Cut out each of the ten frames and tape them around your classroom or home.
3. Children will walk around the classroom or home and find each ten frame. They will find the matching picture on the recording sheet and write down the correct number. So for example, the ten frame that has candy corns has 7 candy corns. So they will find the candy corn picture on the recording page and write a 10 in the box. Clipboards are super helpful for this activity because little ones will be moving around the classroom or home.
4. After students have completed the activity, count each ten frame and check the answers together using the answer key provided.

When & How to Use It

This activity is very flexible and can be used a few different ways in the classroom:

Math Centers or Stations

This activity can be used as a math center or station and students rotate and complete the task at their own pace. Tens cards can be placed in a station bucket.

Whole Group Math Lesson

This can be used as a whole group math lesson and all students can walk around the classroom looking for the tens-frame cards.

Early Finisher Activity

Sometimes it’s helpful to have an extra activity on hand for students who complete their work early This is a great early finisher activity and students can check their word using the answer key provided!

Halloween Addition Count and Write the Room

If your students are a little more advanced give this Halloween Addition Count and Write the Room Activity a try! Students will count two sets of Halloween objects and write the matching addition sentence.

More Count and Write the Room Activities

If you love count and write the room activities, be sure to check these out all of the Kindergarten Count and Write the Room Activities.

Download Halloween Count and Write the Room

If you’re looking for an easy way to combine learning and fun this October, this Halloween Count and Write the Room activity is a must-try. Your students will love the chance to move, explore, and practice their counting skills in a hands-on way. Best of all, it takes almost no prep time for you—just print and watch the math magic happen!