Count to 20 Corn Counting Activity with Playdough
This hands-on math activity allows kids to practice counting to 20 with these free printable playdough mats. This Corn Counting Activity is perfect for toddler, preschool,  pre k and kindergarten age children during summer and fall. This is also a great introduction to number words, including those tricky teen numbers.
Corn Counting Activity
Nothing says summer like biting into a fresh, juicy ear of corn! Depending where in the country you live, you may get farm fresh corn on the cob from mid summer through September. This fun, hands on counting activity for preschoolers, toddlers, and kindergartners is a great way to use a common summer theme (or farm theme activity) to work on counting 1-20. Grab the free playdough mats and a tube of yellow playdough – you are ready for a fun, hands-on Corn Counting Activity.
Corn Counting
Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> _____ <<. The pdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie and print the pages. The sheets are in color to add to the fun of this counting activity for kids.
I suggest you laminate for durability. Now cut each page into 4 cards. There is a card for numbers 1-10 and tricky teen numbers 11-20. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – this low prep math activity is great for summer learning, extra practice, educational activity, or math center in your classroom.
Counting Mats
Cut the counting mats apart and you are ready to being this math activity for preschoolers! You will have 20 cards in all to practice counting, tracing the numbers, and learning the numbers words from 1-20.
Playdough Mats
Preschoolers and kindergartners will look at the number and number word on each card. Then they will form yellow corn kernels with playdough equal to the number represented on the card. Finally they will count the kernels they are adding as they place them on the corn on the cob.
Count to 20
These corn playdough mats for kids to practice counting with a fun, hands on math activity for preschoolers! Another option is to use playdough to make a “pancake” yellow corn (and green husk around it if you like. Then students can press their pencil top in the playdough to make the correct number of kernels in the corn as represented on their card as they practice counting 1-20.
Finally, prek students can make a rope out of their playdough and form the number represented on each card. This is great for improving coordination and strengthening their hands as well as practicing making numbers.
Free Playdough Mats
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Counting Activities 0-10
If you are looking for some more fun, engaging, hands-on, and free printable counting activities for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners – check out these great resources!
- 5 Little Monkeys Printable counting activity 1-5
- Counting Farm Animals – numbers 1 to 5
- Animal Cookie Preschool Counting Activity
- Pirate Number Tracing Worksheets
- Counting Umbrella Craft Preschool
- Barnyard Counting Clip Card (Counting 1-10)
- Caterpillar Numbers 1-10 Printable book to count, color, and trace
- Farm bingo dauber number worksheets
- Super cute, Free Playdough Number Mats
- Fingerprint Activity Worksheet
- Vegetables Counting From 1 to 10 clip cards (plus number words recognition too)
- Zoo Animals Counting Worksheet
- Firefly Free Printable Counting Worksheets
- Counting Apple Playdough Mats with ten frame (or this free printable apple counting book)
- Bowling Counting Activities for Preschoolers
- Firefly Printable Math Game
- Sandcastle Preschool Counting Activity with playdough and free printable
- Camping math activities for preschoolers
- SUPER cute Spider math activities for preschoolers with Playdough Mats
- Butterfly Ten Frame math activities for preschool or these butterfly math worksheets
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar Flashcards or this Apple Count to 20 Activity with Hole Punch
- Donut Printables Counting Playdough Mats (number names)
- Free Printable Numbers 1-10 for Preschoolers (use with playdough, lego, stickers, etc.)
- Plant a Number Line to 10 or practice counting with these bug worksheets preschool
- Fall Worksheets to work on counting with toddler, preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten
- Counting Wheels 0-10 – Counting Activity Preschool
- Sunflower Sunflower seed counting activity (counting to 10)
- Ice Cream Counting Printable Scooping Numbers 1-10
- Lemonade Stand ten frame math worksheets with playdough or this ladybug counting activity
- Turkey Candy Corn Counting Worksheets (numbers 1-10)
- Pizza Counting Game or this Monster Teeth Playdough Mats
- Sandcastle Number Tracing printable for kids
- FUN Goldfish Printable Counting Cards (1-12 Counting Goldfish Activity)
- Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Counting Games for Preschoolers
Counting Activities 1-20
- Flower Tracing Numbers 1-10 pdf
- Lego Numbers Printables – brick duplo mats to count and trace
- Counting Animals Worksheet 1-10 or this Ice Cream Sundae Count
- Star Wars Number Tracing
- Count to 10 Free Dauber Printables
- Watermelon Printable Counting Activity
- Counting Snowman Printables
- Printable Teen Number Games
- Counting Bugs 1-10 Coloring Book for preschoolers
- 1:1 Correspondence Pom Pom Counting Activity
- Bird One to One Correspondence Activity with free printable and jelly beans
- Counting Spaghetti and Meatballs Game
- Penguin Counting Worksheet
- Flower counting activity for preschool with circle stickers
- Free Watermelon Seed Counting Activity (Numbers 1-15)
- Counting practice with Strawberry activities for toddlers
- Count to 20 Fruit Clip Cards
- Monster Counting googly eyes printable (0-20)
- Cute Dump Truck Counting Mat (1-20)
- Flip-Flip Counting to 20 printable activity with stickers
- Corn-on-the-Cob Count to 20 Activity
- Pool Numbers Counting 1 to 20
- Catch 20 Bug Counting Game
- Kindergarten Teen Numbers Worksheets 11-20
- Summer Count to 20 Playdough Maths Activities (spring playdough mats)
- Handy Free Printable Number Puzzles 1-20
- Pearl Counting to 20 Worksheets
- Free Counting games for kindergarten 1-20
- Counting to 10 Little bo peep activities for preschool
- Monster Counting Games for Kindergarten 1-20
- Rocketship Number Recognition 11-20 Games
- Numbers 1 to 20 Worksheets (or if you are in fall try these numbers 11 to 20 worksheets)
- Pirate Numbers 11-20 Worksheets pdf
Number Worksheets
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- Belle Color by Number Worksheets
- Number Writing Practice 1-20
- School Supply Number Worksheets 1-10
- 100 FUN and Free Printable Number Sense Activities and Games
Corn Counting Mats
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