This set of hands-on counting activities features counting and skip-counting printables. Your children will have fun putting the numbers in sequence. When they are done their puzzles will display two veterans holding poppies. (The poppy is a symbol of Veterans Day). You will find already-colored and ready-to-be-colored puzzles in this set.
Building Background
Before your children explore the puzzles, you will want to read them a book about veterans. Below you will find some wonderful books to read to your children.
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Getting the Hands-On Counting Activities Ready to Use
You can download the Hands-On Counting Activities for Veteran’s Day onto your computer. Then you can open them up with Acrobat Reader.
Next, you will need to decide if you want to use the already-colored or the ready-to-be-colored versions of the puzzles.
If you choose the already colored puzzles, then you may want to laminate them. After laminating the hands-on counting puzzles, you can cut them out.
If you choose the ready-to-color puzzles, you want to have your children color them before cutting them into pieces. Then you can decide if you want them laminated or not.
Advantages of Using the Ready to Color Puzzles
- Your children are able to color the veteran’s uniforms to match any of the branches of the military or with a camouflage design.
- Children are able to give the soldiers the skin color and hair color that they have.
Exploring the Hands-On Counting Activity Puzzles
There are several ways you can have your children explore the puzzles.
- You can place magnetic tape on the back of the puzzle pieces. Then your children put the puzzle together on a cookie sheet or the side of a file cabinet.
- You can place Velcro on the back of the puzzle pieces. Next, your children can then put the puzzle together on a flannel board.
- Children can put the puzzles together on a tabletop.
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