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.
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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.
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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.
![Hands-On Counting Activities for Veteran's Day Skip Counting by 2's Ready to Color Puzzle](https://jdaniel4smom.com/wp-content/uploads/Hands-On-Counting-Activities-for-Veterans-Day-Skip-Counting-by-2s-Ready-to-Color-Vertical.jpg)
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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