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20 Fun Printable Preschool Resources for Early Learners

March 12, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

When you’re working with early learners, the more hands-on the activity, the better.

Preschoolers just love to learn with interactive resources.

When they can move objects or parts around, they are so much more engaged with the lesson.

So this list of 20 printable preschool resources is loaded with hands-on learning activities for early learners!

20 Fun Printable Preschool Resources

There are preschool shape activities, preschool alphabet activities, and preschool counting lessons below.

Perfect for preschool teachers, homeschoolers, and afterschooling parents!

Read on to see the full list.

And, for more ways to help early learners work with math concepts, take a look at my list of fun outdoor math games!

Share these printable preschool resources with early learners at home or in school! Perfect for hands-on early learning!

20 Fun Printable Preschool Resources for Early Learners

1. Share this Big and Small Flower Sorting Activity to help little ones learn to sort sizes!

2. Practice recognizing shapes with this Ice Cream 2D Shape Sorting Activity!

3. Work on fine motor skills and letter and number literacy with these Birds and Bugs Playdough Mats!

4. Teach preschoolers to create basic math patterns with these Colorful Cars Pattern Clip Cards!

5. Use these Rainbow Number Word Puzzles to teach preschoolers about numerals and number words!

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6. This simple Apple Tree Counting Mat is perfect for counting by fours!

7. Learn how to talk about the body in Spanish with these printable Spanish Parts of the Body Flashcards!

8. Match up lowercase and uppercase letters with this hands-on Cupcake Letter Matching Activity!

9. Help early learners start storytelling with these printable Spring Creative Writing Story Prompts!

10. Count from one to ten with this fun Butterfly Counting 1-10 Mat!

20 Fun Preschool Learning Resources

11. Working on a farm theme? These Farm Playdough Shape Mats are fun for fine motor practice!

12. Teach little ones to recognize colors with this easy Colorful Birds Matching Activity!

13. Help early learners practice using scissors with these Apple Scissor Skills Printables!

14. Get some Spanish and fine motor practice with these Spanish Color Word Playdough Mats!

15. Introduce counting and basic fractions to preschoolers with this Ladybug Counting Math Center!

16. Pick up these Rainbow Playdough Mats for a fun spring-themed fine motor activity!

17. Match up colors and color words in this hands-on Mail Colors Sorting Activity!

18. Count objects from one to ten with these printable Apple Counting Puzzles!

19. Use these hands-on Shape Sorting Mats to help little ones recognize basic shapes!

20. Practice sorting by size with these cute Cupcake Big and Small Worksheets!

Try more early learning activities below!

These printable robot themed number tracing worksheets are great for penmanship practice! Or laminate them to use at math centers!
Add these hot cocoa playdough 1-10 counting cards to winter math centers for easy counting practice! Great for morning tubs too!
These printable cookie counting to ten worksheets are so fun for math centers or morning tubs!
These printable preschool resources are so easy to use! Just print them, prep them, and then start learning!

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Big and Small Flowers! Flower Size Sorting Printables

March 9, 2020 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Spring Worksheets for Kids - Flowers Big and Small Sorting Worksheets
Work on learning big and small sizes with these flower size sorting printables!
These free big and small sorting worksheets are a perfect spring activity for preschoolers who are learning about size!

One of Piglet’s favorite subjects to discuss is how “big” she’s getting.

On any given morning, she may emerge from her bedroom shouting “I’m getting so big!” or “I’m almost as big as you now, Mama!”

Preschoolers are often fixated on getting “big”, which is a surefire way to know that they’re starting to notice the differences between big and small.

And that’s a great thing, because size differentiation is a basic math concept that helps kids grasp other ideas: comparing shapes, comparing numbers, measurement, and more!

Fun Flower Size Sorting Activity for Early Grades

So, I thought that Piglet could use a new set of spring worksheets for kids – these flower-themed size sorting printables!

Read on to see how to get your set! And be sure to pick up our Busy Bee Scissor Skill Printables too!

This spring flower themed size sorting activity is so much fun for early learners! Students can use it to practice separating big and small flowers during spring!

Spring Worksheets for Kids: Flower Size Sorting Printables

To use these flower size sorting printables, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Pencils
  • Child-safe scissors
  • Glue
  • Laminator (optional)
  • Hook and loop sticky dots (optional)

Flower Size Sorting Activity for Kids

In this set of flower size sorting printables, you’ll find two worksheets that help preschoolers focus on telling big and small apart.

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There are also two cut and paste pages that allow students to separate the big and small flowers and glue them in the correct spaces.

Big and Small Flower Sorting Activity

If you want to use the size sorting activity as a one-time lesson, use it with child-safe scissors and glue.

Students can cut out the big and small flowers and paste them on the correct pages.

Printable Flower Size Sorting Activity for Early Grades

But if you’d like to use this activity at math centers, laminate the pages and add hook and loop sticky dots to the back of the flower squares.

Early learners can match them up by size over and over again!

Spring Size Sorting Activity for Early Grades

Instructions and an answer key are also provided!

Big and Small Flower Size Worksheets

Scroll down to get your Flower Size Sorting Printables!

Be sure to check out these other spring learning ideas!

Pick up this bee themed counting one more and one less math center to help early learners practice counting on during spring!

Use these flower repeated addition worksheets to help early grade students practice adding and basic multiplying!

Pick up these spring themed early creative writing prompts to help students practice composing stories about spring!

To get your copy of this Big and Small Flower Size Sorting Activity, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Printable Flower Size Activity for Early Grades

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Practice sorting big and small objects with this spring flower size sorting activity! Great for early grade morning tubs and centers!

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Preschool Playdough Mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats

October 14, 2019 by Selena Robinson 6 Comments

With Piglet starting on preschool work this fall, we’ve been using a lot of preschool playdough mats.

So this week I’m sharing a brand new printable set of preschool mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats!

These are super fun for little ones who are working on fine motor skills, shape recognition, and more!

Plus, they’re a perfect activity for preschoolers who are working on a geology unit along with their older siblings.

Printable Mountain Themed Fine Motor Mats for Kids

Read on to see how to get yours for free!

And don’t forget to stop by and check out some of our other preschool printables, including our Apple Tree Counting Mat and our Beach Playdough Number Mats!

Help little ones practice fine motor skills and recognizing basic shapes with these fun printable mountain playdough shape mats for kids!

Preschool Playdough Mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats

To use these mountain playdough shape mats, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links provided for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Playdough
  • Laminator
  • Do A Dot Markers (optional)

Printable Mountain Playdough Shape Mats

Once you laminate these mats, you can use them again and again, so here are a few different ways to use them with your preschoolers.

Mountain Playdough Shape Mats for Kids

Give your child a Do A Dot marker and challenge him or her to fill in each shape with a different color. Or each dot with a different color.

You can even ask your child to make a color pattern (one green circle, one red circle, one blue circle, then repeat it).

Mountain Themed Playdough Shape Mats

Hand out circular stickers and let your child stick them into the circles. This is particularly great for toddlers or for times when you want to avoid a potential mess. 😉

Printable Mountain Themed Playdough Shape Mats

Use playdough to fill in the circles. Have your child roll small bits of dough into circles and place them in each circle to form each shape. This is excellent for fine motor practice.

Mountain Themed Playdough Shape Mats for Kids

Give your child dry erase crayons and bring the mats along when you’re going to a place you’ll have to wait.

Good choices include the doctor’s office, the drive-through, or a long car ride. Toss a basic washcloth into the car and use it to wipe off the mats for reuse.

Scroll down to get your copy of our free Preschool Playdough Mats: Mountain Playdough Shape Mats!

Don’t miss these other preschool resources!

Use these free fall printables for preschoolers to help your little ones learn about autumn!

Ten Minute Preschool Activities

Build fine motor skills and letter recognition with these fun forest alphabet playdough mats!

Plus, get more ideas for working with preschoolers on my Learning for Little Ones Pinterest board!

These Mountains Do A Dot Shape Mats make perfect preschool playdough mats!

To get your copy of our free Preschool Playdough Mats: Mountain Do A Dot Shape Mats, sign up for our email newsletter! You’ll get these and lots of other exclusive learning printables when you subscribe!

Free Unit Studies

This post is part of the Mountains Unit Study roundup! Stop by to read even more learning ideas about mountains from my fellow bloggers!

Adventurous Mountain Books your Tween will Love from Crafty Mama in ME

Children’s Picture Books About Camping from The Jenny Evolution

Mountain Sequencing Puzzle from Schooling a Monkey

Making a Mountain Out of A Mole Hill from Tales Of Education At Home

My Side of the Mountain Survival Lessons from FrogMom

These printable mountain playdough shape mats are perfect for helping little ones practice fine motor skills and shape recognition!

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Preschool Worksheets: Big and Small Worksheets for Preschool

April 15, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Pick up these cute cupcake big and small worksheets for preschool to make learning about size differentiation fun!

I remember the first time Piglet showed that she was starting to notice differences in sizes. She said “Wow! Mommy! Your hand is much more huger than mine!” *giggle*

Since she has older siblings, she seemed to become aware of the differences between bigger and smaller pretty quickly.

After all, she wasn’t able to do a lot of things her brothers and sisters could because they were “bigger” than her.

To reinforce the idea of size differentiation, I decided to try some big and small worksheets for preschool. And I thought why not add a cute cupcake theme and make them free while I was at it!

Printable Cupcake Themed Size Sorting Worksheets for Early Learners

I’ve been on a bit of a cupcake roll lately, so if you want to build a quick unit for your preschooler, add these worksheets for preschoolers to our cupcake letter matching activity and our cupcake playdough mats!

Plus, see our other preschool worksheets and activities for kids!

Help your preschoolers learn to sort big and small objects with these adorable cupcake themed size sorting worksheets! Add them to your preschool lesson plan for this year!

Cupcake Big and Small Worksheets for Preschool

To use these cupcake big and small worksheets, you’ll need the following supplies: (Affiliate links are listed below. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Pencil

Cupcake Big and Small Worksheets for Kids

These printables focus on helping preschoolers learn the difference between items that are “biggest” and those that are “smallest”.

Cupcake Big and Small Worksheets

Kids can practice finding the cupcakes that are biggest on one worksheet.

Printable Big and Small Worksheets for Kids

A second worksheet helps them practice finding the smallest cupcake in each row.

I didn’t want to do biggest and smallest on the same worksheet, because that could be a little confusing, especially for young learners.

Cupcake Big and Small Size Worksheets for Kids

A complete answer key is included. And, if you use the line art version, you can let the kids color in their cupcakes afterwards.

Printable Cupcake Big and Small Worksheets

Scroll down to get your copy of our Cupcake Big and Small Preschool Worksheets!

Try these other fun preschool activities!

These cupcake letter puzzles are such a cute way to practice recognizing uppercase and lowercase letters!

Ten Minute Preschool Activities

Help your preschooler love reading with this preschool homeschool reading list!

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Cupcake Size Sorting Worksheets

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These fun cupcake themed big and small worksheets are great for helping little ones sort objects by size!

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Farm Fine Motor! Farm Shape Playdough Mats

August 23, 2018 by Selena Robinson 5 Comments

These printable farm shape playdough mats are perfect for building fine motor skills with a fun farm theme! Add them to a fall or spring lesson plan!
Use these printable farm do-a-dot shape mats to help preschoolers learn to use dot markers or playdough to form shapes!
Build fine motor skills and shape awareness with these fun printable farm shape playdough mats!

I love teaching shapes to early learners. It’s just plain fun.

There are shapes all around us! So, once you introduce basic shapes to your preschoolers, expect them to point them out everywhere they look.

*Pointing to a window* – “Look, Mommy! A square!”

*Pointing to a plate* – “Look, Mommy! A circle!”

*Me pointing to the toddler bed in which mine should take a nap* – “Look! A rectangle! Don’t you want to get in it?”

(Doesn’t work, by the way.)

These farm shape playdough mats are great for building fine motor skills and shape recognition!

Fun Farm Themed Shape Mats for Early Learners

Plus, they’re a nice, quiet learning activity for kids to work with on their own.

Toddlers and preschoolers love to work with preschool playdough mats, such as our Apple Tree Playdough Mat and our Beach Number Playdough Mats.

And these shape playdough mats are tons of fun too! Kids can use dot markers or playdough to make shapes all by themselves.

Read on to see how to get yours! And don’t miss our list of farm books for kids to read!

Use these fun and simple farm themed shape mats to help early learners practice forming eight different shapes!

Farm Fine Motor! Printable Farm Playdough Shape Mats

To use these farm playdough shape mats, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided below. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Playdough
  • Laminator
  • Optional: Dot Markers
Learning Basic Shapes with Farm Shape Mats

This product includes eight mats featuring several basic shapes:

  • Triangle
  • Circle
  • Square
  • Rectangle
  • Diamond
  • Oval
  • Heart
  • Pentagon

Plus, this resource includes detailed suggestions for how to use these shape mats with students and as an in-class lesson!

Fun Farm Playdough Shape Mats for Preschool

How to Use Dot Shape Mats with Students

These farm-themed shape mats are so versatile for use with preschoolers and kindergartners.

You can print them and let kids use dot markers to fill in the shapes. Or if you prefer, you can laminate them and let kids use them with playdough!

Easy Farm Themed Shape Learning Mats for Kids

You could also try using stickers instead of markers or laminating them and using them with dry-erase crayons or fingerpaint.

There are tons of ways to help kids use these and work on fine motor skills!

Using Farm Shape Mats with Students

If you don’t plan to laminate these, you can simply print them on cardstock. They’ll hold up much better than on regular paper.

Printable Farm Themed Shape Mats for Preschool

Hint: These are great for busy bag work too.

Just print them two to a page to make miniature shape playdough mats you can place in a busy bag for on-the-go fun!

Get a look at these farm shape mats in action in the video below!

Scroll down to get your set of Farm Shape Playdough Mats!

Add more learning ideas to your farm unit with these activities!

These adorable farm animal paper bag puppets are such a fun way to learn about barnyard animals with the kids!
Add some crafting fun to your farm unit with this fun 3D paper barn craft for kids!
These no prep fall counting worksheets for preschoolers feature a fun farm theme! Use them for classwork or at math centers!
Using Playdough with Farm Shape Mats

To get your copy of our Farm Shape Playdough Mats, visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store or check them out below!

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Spring Worksheets for Kids: Busy Bee Scissor Skills Worksheets

April 24, 2018 by Selena Robinson 6 Comments

These cute busy bee scissor skills worksheets are fun spring-themed scissor practice for preschoolers!

Who’s ready for spring? I feel like a wimp, because we haven’t had any snow here this year, but I’m still ready for warmer weather! So, I’m sharing some free bee-themed scissor skills worksheets to help little ones get into the spring spirit!

Piglet is a little cutting machine. She wants to cut and paste every single thing she sees.

But she’s ready to move on from basic straight lines, so it was either make her some scissor skills printables with wavy lines or cower in fear as she goes Edward Scissorhands on my drapes. Printables it is!

Printable Bee Scissor Skills Worksheets

These are great fine motor boosters for preschoolers and kindergarteners! So if you have an early elementary student who still struggles with scissor cutting, these spring worksheets for kids are a good resource for building those skills.

Read on to see how to get your free copy of our Busy Bee Scissor Skills Worksheets! And be sure to grab our free Spring Sight Word Flashcards for early reading practice!

Grab these fun busy bee scissor skills printables to help little ones practice using scissors!

Busy Bee Scissor Skills Worksheets

To use these worksheets, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided in this post. For more, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Child-safe scissors

Bee Themed Scissor Skills Printables

The pack includes four scissor cutting exercises for little ones.

Bee Themed Scissor Skills Practice

There are printables with straight lines, curved lines, wiggly lines, and even wavy lines for a little challenge.

Busy Bee Scissor Skills Printables for Kids

 

 

Bee Scissor Skills Practice Printables

Your child’s job is to get the bee to the hive safely!

Bee Printable Scissor Skills Practice Sheets

With Piglet, I just handed her the printables and a pair of child-safe scissors and she was off to the races.

Practicing Scissor Skills with Preschoolers

In about ten minutes, she had a pile of paper scraps and a big grin.

Bee Themed Scissor Skills Printables

That’s one proud preschooler!

Scroll down to get your copy of our Busy Bee Scissor Skills Printables!

Don’t miss these other fun preschool printables!

Help your early readers bud this year with these printable spring sight word flashcards!

Kids will love making their own colorful rainbows with these rainbow playdough mats!

Use these Harry the Dirty Dog printables for kids to help early learners learn more about this classic story!

Round out your bee learning with these gorgeous children’s books about bees!

These beautiful children's books about bees are a wonderful way to learn about these amazing insects!

 

Busy Bee Scissor Skill Printables

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25 Free Spring Printables for Preschoolers

March 29, 2017 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Are your little ones getting spring fever yet?

My four-year-old is super excited about going to the park now that the skies are turning blue and the air is getting warmer.

Yes, I know we can go to the park during winter, but I’m from Florida, so no.

To help her along with her preschool lessons, I use a lot of printables for preschoolers and so today I’m sharing 25 free spring printables for preschoolers!

These are wonderful for helping young ones work on basic early childhood skills while enjoying a fun spring theme!

Check out the list below for some great resources for early learners!

And be sure to browse our list of spring books for kids that you can read together this year!

Work on essential early childhood skills with these free spring printables for preschoolers!

25 Free Spring Printables for Preschoolers

1. Colorful Birds Color Matching Activity – Look! We’re Learning!

2. Printable Flower Petal Counting Activity – My Mundane and Miraculous Life

3. Name Recognition Flower Garden – Totschooling

4. Spring Preschool Worksheets – Mess for Less

5. Butterfly Identification Cards – Look! We’re Learning!

6. Flower Names Building Printable – A Dab of Glue Will Do

7. Spring Sight Words Flashcards – Look! We’re Learning!

8. Bugs Preschool Worksheets – Learning 2 Walk

9. Rainbow Letter Match Free Printable – A Little Pinch of Perfect

10. Over the Rainbow Playdough Mats – Look! We’re Learning!

11. Printable Flower Counting Book – Fun-A-Day

12. Catch a Bug Printable Game – Picklebums

13. Printable Spring Flower Flashcards – Look! We’re Learning!

See more spring preschool printables on the next page!

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Free Winter Printables for Preschoolers

December 13, 2016 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Winter is a great time to get kids excited about learning! Especially when the weather is so awful no one wants to venture outside. 🙂

If you have older kids (like I do), it can be tough to keep your younger ones involved in your homeschooling lessons. Our preschooler always wants to be at the table with her older siblings during class, no matter what we’re learning about. I could be teaching organic chemistry and she’d want to be involved.

So I use a lot of preschool printables to keep her learning along with the older kids. If you enjoy using winter printables with your children, these free winter printables for preschoolers are a fun way to let your younger kids get involved!

And if you love these, don’t miss our printable winter sight word flashcards – perfect for working on early reading skills!
These free winter printables for preschoolers are a wonderful way to get your younger learners involved in a winter unit!

Free Winter Printables for Preschoolers

1. Free Snowflake Counting Flashcards – Look! We’re Learning!

2. Printable Winter Clothes Dress Up Busy Bag – Teaching Mama

3. Printable Winter Easy Pack for Kids – Kids Activities Blog

4. Winter Printable Pack for Toddlers and Preschoolers – Totschooling

5. Printable Winter Nature Walk Trivia – Rain or Shine Mamma

6. Roll A Snowman Printable Game – Kiddy Charts

7. Free Winter Coloring Pages – Crafty Morning

8. Free Winter Printable Activity Pack – A Little Pinch of Perfect

9. Printable Winter Bucket List for Preschoolers – No Time for Flashcards

10. Winter Color by Number Printables – Itsy Bitsy Fun

11. Color the Snowman Buttons Printable – Gift of Curiosity

12. Winter PreK/K Pack – This Reading Mama

13. Arctic Animal Flash Cards – Look! We’re Learning!

Winter Playdough Mats for Kids

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Free Fall Printables for Preschoolers

September 26, 2016 by Selena Robinson 2 Comments

Preschoolers love learning about fall and autumn! The leaves are changing colors, the air is getting colder, and you can catch glimpses of all kinds of animals!

I love sharing fall printables whenever I can, so I thought I’d share a list of fun and free fall printables for preschoolers that you and your PreK learner can work on together! There are printable activities, coloring pages, crafts, and more – all of which are perfect for welcoming autumn!

If you love these fall printables, don’t miss my Apple Tree Counting Mat for Preschoolers or our Fall Sight Word Flashcards!

Use these free fall printables for preschoolers to help your little ones learn about autumn!

25 Free Fall Printables for Preschoolers

1. Leaf Identification Flashcards – Look! We’re Learning!

2. Printable Fall Gross Movement Game – Gift of Curiosity

3. Fall Preschool Song Printable – No Time for Flashcards

4. Nighttime Scavenger Hunt Printable – Edventures with Kids

5. Fall Tree ABC Match Printable – I Heart Crafty Things

6. Fall Preschool Pack – 3 Dinosaurs

7. Fall PreK Learning Pack – Totschooling

8. Fall Printable Activity Pack – A Little Pinch of Perfect

9. Fall PreK Pack – This Reading Mama

10. Fall Clothes Dress Up Printable – Teaching Mama

11. Printable Autumn Leaf Puppets – Picklebums

12. Fall Roll and Color Math Printable – Fantastic Fun and Learning

Fall Playdough Mats

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Preschool Playdough Mats: Apple Tree Counting Mat

September 9, 2016 by Selena Robinson 7 Comments

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Piglet, our youngest, is starting PreK this year. She is so excited about it.

Of course, she also thinks that she will begin kindergarten immediately after the first day of preschool.

Since she’s working on PreK concepts, I’ll be sharing a lot more preschool resources this year, including preschool playdough mats!

Here in the U.S., we’re all gearing up for fall, so here’s a fun Playdough Apple Tree Counting Mat you can use with your toddler or preschooler too!

PreK Apple Tree Playdough Counting Mat

Read on to see how to grab this for your students.

And for more apple fun, don’t miss our Apple Alike! Same or Different Worksheets or our Apple Preschool Counting Puzzles!

Practice counting and fine motor skills with this fun playdough apple tree counting mat!

Preschool Playdough Mats: Apple Tree Counting Mat

Here are the supplies we used for our mats: (Affiliate links provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Scotch Thermal Laminator
  • Play-Doh – 24 Pack of Colors

That’s it! You definitely want to laminate these first so that they can be reused.

Supplies For the Apple Tree Playdough Counting Mat

Since the apples are grouped on the trees in sets of four, this was a simple way to work on skip counting.

Using the Apple Tree Counting Mat

Just add four apples to each tree and count them.

Counting by Four with Apple Tree PreK Playdough Mats

Use a different color to work on counting and sorting. (How many green apples are there? How many red apples are there?)

Fall Playdough Mats

Then a little reinforcement. If there are four green apples on this tree and four green apples on this tree, how many green apples are there altogether? Oh, so four plus four is how much?

Next thing you know, your preschooler will be saying that 4 x 2 = 8. 🙂

Scroll down to get your copy of our Playdough Apple Tree Counting Mat!

Check out these other fall learning ideas for preschoolers!

Use these printable fall playdough mats to teach your little ones to form letters and numbers!

Early learners will love practicing shape recognition with these apple shapes worksheets for preschool!

And don’t miss our list of awesome fall books for kids to share this year!

50 Fall Books for Kids

Get more ideas for fall fun with kids from my Fall Activities for Kids board on Pinterest!

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Free Unit Studies

This post is part of the Free Unit Studies roundup! Stop by to see more fun posts about Apples and Pumpkins from my fellow bloggers!

Corn Kernel Fall Tree Craft from Play Dough & Popsicles

Kids in the Kitchen: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins from Crafty Mama in ME

Learning About Pumpkins {Free Printables Round Up} from Faith and Good Works

Books about Pumpkins for Kids from CraftCreateCalm

Pumpkin Recipes for Kids from FrogMom

Harvest Theme Word Search from Tales of Education at Home

Board Books About Apples and Pumpkins for Toddlers from The Jenny Evolution

Pumpkin Science Activities from iGameMom

Apple Read and Play from My Storytime Corner

Pumpkin Preschool Printables from Living life and learning

Pumpkin Patch Alphabet Match from Schooling a Monkey

Apple Sight Word Game from Books and Giggles

Challenge Math – Apple Theme from Planet Smarty Pants

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