Kids will have fun practicing counting from 1-20 with these super cute, free printable monster counting mats. As toddler, preschool, pre k, and kindergarten age children add the silly googley eyes they will practice math skills and count to 20.
Monster Counting
Young children learn best through play! This free printable, counting activity is a great way to help kids practice counting to 20. Grab the counting mat and a pack of googly eyes and you are ready to play and count! Toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartens will love this monster counting printable to make practicing counting 0-20 fun.
Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love this no prep, preschool counting activity! Use this as extra practice, math center in your classroom, in a monster theme, or as a supplement to your math curriculum.
Monster googly eyes counting
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Count to 20
This activity is simple and FUN!
Just print off one of the monster mats below, get a big bag of googly eyes and the dice template or make your own dice with wood cubes and googly eyes.
Counting Mats
There are several ways to play this game both independently or in a friendly competition to see who can get to 20 eyes on their monster first.
- Just roll the googly eye dice and place that number of eyes on the monster. Continue rolling until you get to 20 eyes. Make sure to use math words like “plus”, “more” “add”, etc. to help kids learn the math vocabulary.
- Use a dice that has 2 sides of the dice colored red. When your child rolls a red side they will remove the number of dice they rolled. Use math words like “minus” or “less” or “take away” or “subtract” to help enhance the learning experience.
TIP: Have children count out the number of new eyes to add and then count on from the number of googly eyes already on them. This will help them get the reinforcement with larger numbers that can be lacking for many children.
For example my daughter’s monster has 3 googly eyes on already. She rolls 2 googly eyes so she counts out two eyes from the pile. She will then count on saying “4 and 5. My monster has 5 eyes altogether”
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i would love to use this in my class room. i went to your TPT site and could not find this game. can you tell me what it is called in your TPT store so i can get it for my class room?
This particular resource is free for all – enjoy!
Thanks so much!