Counting Numbers 1 to 10 – Awesome Dot the Animal Printable
This printable is all about giving animals their dots back! It’s a great way to reinforce recognizing numbers, learn counting numbers 1 to 10, and strengthening fine motor skills!
Counting Numbers 1 to 10 and Fine Motor Skills Collide with This Dot Marker Activity!
This activity is such a fun way to engage with numbers while strengthening fine motor skills.
Dot Markers are such a great arts and crafts tool because they are perfect for little hands that are just learning how to hold a writing instrument. Plus, they are tapping into their hand-eye coordination while they match up the marker with the dot outline!
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Watch How to Set Up This Activity for Counting Numbers 1 to 10
In this video, you’ll see how I used our printable on a vertical surface! This allowed my daughter to stay engaged and on her feet exercising more motor skills beyond just fine motor!
She enjoyed selecting which color dot marker she would use and then happily gave the animals their dots back!
Watch How to Set Up This Activity for Counting Numbers 1 to 10
In this video, you’ll see how I used our printable on a vertical surface! This allowed my daughter to stay engaged and on her feet exercising more motor skills beyond just fine motor!
She enjoyed selecting which color dot marker she would use and then happily gave the animals their dots back!
Our Dot-the-Animal Printable Activity!
Save time from drawing your own animals and grab our printable rainbow activity. You can use dot markers, dot stickers, paint and cotton balls, or simply color in the dots with crayon! There are lots of ways you can play and learn with this worksheet.
Our pizza counting topping activity is a great compliment to this activity and it also comes with a printable to make set-up even easier for grown ups!
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Materials
- Printable
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Piece of Cardboard
- Glue
- Markers
- Tape
- Dot Markers
Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1
Grab and print our printable.
Step 2
To create a vertical set up, like us, cut out the animals.
Step 3
Glue the animal cut outs to a piece of cardboard.
Step 4
Write the numbers beside each image.
Step 5
Tape the piece of cardboard to the wall.
Step 6
Provide dot markers for your kiddo to give the animals their dots back!
Step 1
Grab and print our printable.
Step 2
To create a vertical set up, like us, cut out the animals.
Step 3
Glue the animal cut outs to a piece of cardboard.
Step 4
Write the numbers beside each image.
Step 5
Tape the piece of cardboard to the wall.
Step 6
Provide dot markers for your kiddo to give the animals their dots back!
Why Playing With Dot Markers is Great
I think this dot-the-animal activity really stands out because it’s the perfect combination of fine motor skills and early math fun. The kids will use their finger and hand muscles to hold the dot markers and then use their hand-eye coordination to align it correctly on the cardboard.
Creating this activity on a vertical surface also helps little one strengthen gross motor skills, increases shoulder strength, and simply allows young kids to be more engaged while on their feet!
Why Playing With Dot Markers is Great
I think this dot-the-animal activity really stands out because it’s the perfect combination of fine motor skills and early math fun. The kids will use their finger and hand muscles to hold the dot markers and then use their hand-eye coordination to put align it correctly on the cardboard.
Creating this activity on a vertical surface also helps little one strengthen gross motor skills, increases shoulder strength, and simply allows young kids to be more engaged while on their feet!
More Ways to Play with Early Math!
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These wooden blocks resemble numbers and grow with your child’s advancing math skills. It also includes a math guide and activity cards.
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