Snowflake Count and Clip Cards

This is a great little seasonal counting activity I found at Making Learning Fun. You can head over there yourself and print out your own for FREE! Gotta love that! The great thing is that you can print out cards for the quantities your child is ready for all the way from 0-19. I printed out 4-12 for my 3 1/2 year old to do at home. He's done this activity once so far. I am thinking of taking it to my Montessori preschool classroom. Since he attends class there, he will still be able to do it, but then all my other students would have access to it as well.



Here is how I have it set up on our learning shelf at home. I found the little basket and wooden box at my favorite local thrift store. I seriously need to stay away from that place, but it draws me like a magnet.




Here you can see a better view of the cards. I am using the little wooden box to hold the clothespins.



To do this activity, the child counts the snowflakes on the card. Very good for practicing one-to-one correspondence.



Then they attach the clothespin over the number that represents the quantity. Great for strengthening finger muscles AND for practicing number recognition.

I had my cards laminated at a local teacher supply store. Then I used a permanent marker to make a dot on the back so the child can self-correct.