We have been teaching teen numbers so I put together this quick little book for some hands on counting fun. The book was pretty simple to put together and I mixed up the pages on purpose so it wouldn't be in order. I just copied them back to back and folder/stapled them.
I have a TON of tiny stamps that were donated to my class many years ago. They are all sorts of different things and this book was perfect for them. Students grabbed a stamp and counted out whatever number was on the page. Like this....
or this...
and this!
Some of them were really organized and careful and some of them were a hot mess! However, the most important part was that they were all counting and keeping track of their counting. I liked walking around the room and hearing them count, and then go back to double check. It was a great little formative assessment.
At one point one of my little guys was interrupted and I overheard him say, "Oh great, now I have to start all over again. This is a disaster!" So much drama in kindergarten.
The only thing that I would change is I wouldn't do it as a whole group activity. Yes, I tried. Yes, it was dumb. It wasn't a disaster (well, for my little guy it was!) but it was hard for them to all reach the stamp in the middle of the table and I didn't have enough to make it work as partners. So this works best as a small group activity or maybe as a center.
There you have it! Here are the stamp pads (the ones I used) in an affiliate link. They have them in all different colors and they are washable.
I hope you enjoy this activity. We had fun with it and it is definitely a keeper. You can get a free copy of this activity HERE! Thanks for stopping by today!
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Where is the link for the free printable?
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I found it on her teacher pay teacher page.
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