St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect time to add a little extra fun and excitement to your classroom! This St. Patrick’s Day 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. Best of all, it’s easy to prep and use!
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 20
Supplies Needed
For this St. Patrick’s Day 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!)
St. Patrick’s Day Count and Write the Room Directions
- Access and print the St. Patrick’s Day Count and Write the Room Math Activity. It will have everything you need for this activity! Each child participating in the activity will need a copy of the recording sheet.
- Cut out each of the ten frames and tape them around your classroom or home.
- 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 gold coins has 15 gold coins. So they will find the gold coin picture on the recording page and write a 15 in the box. Clipboards are super helpful for this activity because little ones will be moving around the classroom or home.
- 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 work using the answer key provided!
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.
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Download St. Patrick’s Day Count and Write the Room
If you’re looking for an easy way to combine learning and fun this March , this St. Patrick’s Day 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 fun!
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