Here’s a cute little set of free tree play dough number mats for counting to 10! We have loved using these mats to practice our number skills! I love that number mats address so many skills, but it still feels like play for the kids. Decorate the tree with apples, lemons, flowers or whatever thing your child wants to create with her play dough. The possibilities are endless!
Materials needed for the Free Play Dough Number Mats:
Paper
Play Dough or Counters
Play-Doh 10-Pack of Colors144 Mini Teachers Apple Erasers
These play dough number mats can be used to represent different stages of a tree as well. You can put ‘flowers’ on the tree like we did. Or you could put apples, peaches, pears, cherries…
Anything you can think of. Let your child’s imagination run wild! Get them excited about numbers and taking ownership of their learning.
Using the Number Play Dough Mats
To prepare the number mats simply print and laminate.
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Alternatively, you can slide the play dough number mats into write and wipe page protectors, but they will not be as sturdy to allow multiple uses.
Rolling out the play dough for form the numbers helps develop the fine-motor skills required for writing, in addition to teaching little ones number formation. Have them trace the letters with their finger or a dry erase crayon. Then, have them fill in the ten-frame with play dough balls to represent the same number.
Instead of play dough, you could also use math counters, unpeeled stickers (like the foam stickers we used below), game pieces from Hi-Ho-Cherry O games or small food toys.
We have also used these buttons!
More Play Dough Fun: Sunflower Play Dough Number Mats 11-20
Extend the activity for older learners and have them use two colors of play dough to create addition problems on the tree and in the ten-frame. 1 apple + 3 apples= 4 apples.
Or fill out two number mats and discuss greater than/less than. A visual model is great for kids who don’t understand yet understand why one number is “greater” than another.
But most importantly, have fun with the play dough number mats!
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Jennifer Ard says
September 3, 2014 at 5:14 pmHelp! I could not down load the wonderful mats! Please let me know how I can get these!
Kim says
September 3, 2014 at 5:45 pmJennifer, You can get the mats by clicking on the final picture of the mats or the link above. Add the mats to your ‘cart’ and ‘checkout’. You will need to enter your e-mail and then an e-mail with a link to the download will be e-mailed to you immediately.
Erica says
September 4, 2014 at 7:18 pmAre these still available? Any time I click on a picture or link it says “page not found” or takes me to the “store” but nothing is listed in it. Thanks!
Kim says
September 9, 2014 at 5:07 amErica, Yes, These are still available. I was having some technical problems that were slowing down the loading of my site. It’s fixed now and you should be able to click on the links above and go into the shop to download them.
Kim
Felicity says
September 11, 2014 at 11:13 pmBeautiful!!!
Can’t wait to use
Kim says
September 13, 2014 at 8:25 amAw, thanks! Enjoy!
dolores pawley says
September 17, 2014 at 2:40 amREALLY great it’s the first time I came across your site.Thanks a lot for sharing for free very nice of you
Kim says
September 18, 2014 at 8:30 amYou’re welcome! Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to sign up for my weekly newsletter, so that you can catch all of the freebies!
nikki says
September 21, 2014 at 6:26 amhi I love these mats I have got them on an order but can not download any help would be fab xxxx
Kim says
September 21, 2014 at 10:34 pmYou should get a second e-mail with a link to the download. If you have not received that e-mail, I suggest checking your spam folder. I have not had any instances where the e-mails were not sent, so I’m quite certain that you would have received it. Then, you click on the link and it should automatically start downloading for you. If it does not automatically download, then the problem would be on your computer’s end. Let me know if you got the e-mail and tried clicking the link.
jill says
September 25, 2014 at 10:13 pmHi,
Please email me the free mats for counting!
Thank you!
Jill
Kim says
September 28, 2014 at 6:44 amIf you click the download link it will take you to my shop where you can download the mats. After you add them to your cart and checkout, you will receive two e-mails. The first will be an order confirmation and the second will contain a link to the download. Click the link and it will automatically download to your computer.
Poonam bhati says
October 17, 2014 at 8:01 amI did not received the link
Kim says
October 17, 2014 at 10:05 amDid you click through to the store side of the website? You need to click through the link which will take you to the store. Then, click the ‘add to cart’ button, then ‘checkout’. After that you will receive two e-mails. One will be a confirmation of the order and the second e-mail will contain the link for the download. It is very possible that the second e-mail will go to your spam folder. If you do not see it within 5 minutes of making your order, I suggest checking your spam folder.
Deb says
January 15, 2015 at 10:31 amI love the look of your play doh number mats and I have signed up to recieve them but they have not come through yet. I have checked my spam folderand they arenot there. Any suggestions.
Kim says
January 15, 2015 at 2:52 pmWithout knowing the e-mail that you used to order the mats, I can’t check the status. I checked for the e-mail that you used to post this comment and have no record of an order. It’s possible that the order did not complete for some reason and you would just need to ‘purchase’ it again. If you register for an account and then order the mats, you can always log-in to the site and your ordered items will be available for download directly from the site instead of through an e-mail.
I hope that helps!
Sam says
September 10, 2015 at 3:57 pmAbsolutely love these. My kids are excited to use them next week!
I shared on my blog!
Kim says
September 10, 2015 at 5:36 pmThanks for the share!
Linda says
October 4, 2018 at 6:23 pmJust downloaded these and they are so cute! Love em. Thank you so much! I wanted to ask, do you have these for numbers 11-20?
Deanna says
October 6, 2018 at 9:03 pmThank You!!
No, but I do have a few others that are either specifically play dough mats or that would work great:
https://lifeovercs.com/fall-counting-mats-numbers-11-20/
https://lifeovercs.com/free-sunflower-play-dough-mats-for-numbers-11-20/
https://lifeovercs.com/free-pirate-play-dough-mats-numbers-11-20/
https://lifeovercs.com/free-valentines-day-number-mats-numbers-11-20/
I hope that helps!
Scash says
November 22, 2018 at 7:38 pmPlease send the template these look great for my reception class
Ellie says
March 11, 2019 at 8:26 amAs a K-6 certified teacher I just have to say how thoroughly impressed I am with the quality of your resources. I am so grateful you offer so many for free. So generous! I’m now a stay at home mom and beginning to dabble in homeschooling my soon to be 3 year old and I’m so happy I found your site and resources. I’ve joined your newsletter and I look forward to purchasing your products in the future.
Kim Staten says
March 12, 2019 at 5:45 pmAw! I’m so glad they are helpful to you!