Foam Flower Counting: Fun Fine Motor & Math Activity for Spring
Servings: 0
Ingredients
- Colorful foam sheets (various colors for flowers, brown for the flower pot)
- Spray bottle filled with water
- Scissors
- Black permanent marker
Instructions
- Create Your Foam Flowers: Start by drawing and cutting out flower shapes from the colorful foam sheets. You'll need one flower for each number you plan to teach, typically 1-10 for toddlers and preschoolers. Vary the types of flowers you create. Cut the stems out separately from green foam sheets as well as leaves for each flower. Finally cut out a flower pot
- Make a Foam Flower Pot: Cut out a flower pot shape from the brown foam sheet. This will serve as the base where the numbered flowers will be organized.Use the black permanent marker to write a number on each flower pot. Try to make the numbers large and clear for easy recognition.
- Play and Learn: Hand your preschoolers or kindergartner a spray bottle filled with water and head outside to a large glass door or window that they can reach safely. Invite them to spray the water with some water and then stick the numbered flower pots on it. They will immediately stick! Encourage your child to stick the flowers on the pot in numerical order. This is a great way to practice number recognition and sequential order.Next show your child how to spray a little water just above the numbered flower pots and then count and stick that number of flowers on the window.