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Pumpkin counting
Count Halloween pumpkin groups from 1 to 5 and match each group to a numeral. Then choose a number and create your own pumpkin patches with drawings, marks or counters. Allow about 5 to 10 minutes per activity, with pauses as needed.
A free printable art and learning activity for school or home, with educator notes, two activity pages and flexible ways to take part.
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How to use
this activity.
What’s inside
- Educator guide with counting goals and flexible participation ideas
- Five pumpkin groups with numeral choices from 1 to 5
- Four open pumpkin patches with spaces for an adult to record chosen numbers
Gather a few things
- Printed activity pages
- Crayons, pencils or washable markers
- Optional: large counters or stickers, used with adult supervision
Try it together
- 1
Explore one pumpkin group together. Touch or point to each pumpkin as you count.
- 2
Say, point to or circle the number that matches the group.
- 3
On the creation page, choose a number from 1 to 5 for a patch. Draw pumpkins, make marks or place large counters to show that many.
- 4
Count the new group together. An adult can write the chosen number. Try one patch or all four.
Make it your way
- Start with groups of 1 or 2. Cover extra rows and offer two number choices.
- Count together; an adult can point or move a counter for each pumpkin.
- Accept looking, pointing, words, gestures or adult-recorded choices. Pause or skip any step; no finished page is required.
- For more challenge, make two groups with the same number, compare more and fewer, or try a different number in each patch.
Participation can mean making, choosing, observing or directing a partner.
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