Bakery Pretend Play Printables for Counting

If your kids love baking, this is the perfect activity for helping them learn to count. Kids can pretend they own a bakery or a shop that sells sweets. This pretend play activity is helping them learn to count while they have a ton of fun as a shop owner! Each printable set gives the option for different parts of this pretend play activity and is incredibly fun. This is perfect for a preschool, kindergarten class or at home. All kids will love this Bakery Pretend Play Activity For Counting!

To prep: Print, laminate and cut out the pieces.

I attached the milk jugs to toilet paper rolls to help them stand up. Otherwise, this is a great set to use with play dough. (You can use small balls of play dough to hold the jugs upright.)

To play: Take turns being customers and bakers. 10 cookies have prices on them that are perfect to practice counting to 10.

Have the kids count out the correct number of coins to purchase each cookie.

Another way to play is to pretend that you are a customer. Tell the baker “I have 5 cents. Which cookies can I buy?” Show your child that you can either buy the 2 cent and 3cent, 4 cent and 1 cent or 5 cent cookies to use all of your money.

You can also introduce subtraction. “I have 7 cents. If I buy the 4 cent cookie, how much money will I have left?”

Here are some other great pretend play preschool activities from the #TeachECE team!

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• Farmer’s Market Preschool Theme Pretend Play by Learning 2 Walk
• DIY Farm Pretend Play Mat by The Educators’ Spin On It