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Community Helper Roll and Cover Two Dice Mats

March 3, 2021 By Deirdre

The hats of several community helpers are featured on these two dice community helper roll and cover mats. The set was created to go along with the Cat in the Hat Math Mats I made! There is also a set of three dice mats that featured the same community helper hats. They could be used when you are studying community helpers or while learning about a particular community helper.

Getting the Community Helper Set

The Community Helper Roll and Cover Math 2 Dice mats set has been saved as a PDF. After downloading it, you will need to open it with a PDF reader. Many people like and use Acrobat Reader.

What is in the set?

The set includes a black and white version and colored version of each of the following mats:

Fire Hat
Construction Hat
Police Person’s Hat

If you are going to print out the mats and use them in a center, you may want to laminate them. Laminating or cover the mats with contact paper will allow them to last longer.

Getting Ready to Use the Mats

Once you have the mats ready to use, you will need to gather a number of dice. Each person or group using a mat will need three of them.

Next, you will need to gather objects that can be used to cover the numbers on the mat or items that will color over the numbers . The following objects make great covers:

Buttons
Pom-Poms
Dried Beans
Plastic Counters or Disks
Small Pebbles or Stones
Small Plastic lids or caps
Bingo Markers
Circle Stamps and a Ink Pad

Finally, you will need small cups, bowls or boxes to hold the counters.

Exploring the Community Helper Two Dice Mats

Children can work on the mats on their own or with a partner. If they work with a partner, the partner can check their adding. They can confirm that the numbers on the two dice really do add up to the number they are going to cover.

If your children are going to work on their own, you may want them to write down their math equations or count them out with some of the counters. While some children are great at adding three numbers in their head, it can’t hurt to have them check their work.

Building Background

If you are this activity is part of a unit on community helpers, you may want to read a book about community helpers to your children.

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Here are some more printable math activities:

$Learning Activities with Dr Seuss Characters$

Cat in the Hat Math Mat Activities

Community Helper Roll and Cover 3 Dice Mats

March 3, 2021 By Deirdre

This set of 3 dice roll and cover mats has a community helper theme. So many people have love the Cat in the Hat Math Mats I made! I thought you would enjoy another set of math hat mats. You could pull these out while you are studying community helpers or while learning about a particular community helper.

Getting the Community Helper Set

The Community Helper Roll and Cover 3 Dice Math Mats set has been saved as a PDF. After downloading it, you will need to open it with a PDF reader. Many people like and use Acrobat Reader.

What is in the set?

The set includes a black and white version and colored version of each of the following mats:

Fire Hat
Construction Hat
Police Person’s Hat

If you are going to print out the mats and use them in a center, you may want to laminate them. Laminating or cover the mats with contact paper will allow them to last longer.

Getting Ready to Use the Mats

Once you have the mats ready to use, you will need to gather a number of dice. Each person or group using a mat will need three of them.

Next, you will need to gather objects that can be used to cover the numbers on the mat. The following objects make great covers:

Buttons
Pom-Poms
Dried Beans
Plastic Counters or Disks
Small Pebbles or Stones
Small Plastic lids or caps

Finally, you will need small cups, bowls or boxes to hold the counters.

Exploring the Community Helper Three Dice Mats

Children can work on the mats on their own or with a partner. If they work with a partner, the partner can check their adding. They can confirm that the numbers on the three dice really do add up to the number they are going to cover.

Building Background

If you are this activity is part of a unit on community helpers, you may want to read a book about community helpers to your children.

The links below are affiliate links.

Here are some more printable math activities:

$Learning Activities with Dr Seuss Characters$

Cat in the Hat Math Mat Activities

$Kindergarten Worksheets- Gold Coin Math Mats$

Gold Coin Counting

Easter Egg Game- Muffin Tin and Egg Number Match

Community Helper Vehicle Counting Puzzles

April 18, 2018 By Deirdre

The set of community helper vehicle counting puzzles is the second is a series of three community helper activities I am sharing with you this week. Earlier this week I shared with you a set firefighter printables. It included the rhyme Five Little Firefighters and two coloring pages. Today’s activity is an editable set of vehicle counting puzzles.

Getting the Community Helper Vehicle Puzzles Ready

You will need to download a copy of Editable Community Helper Vehicle Counting Puzzles.

Next, you will need to open the puzzle PDF up on your computer so you can type in the number sequence or pattern you want your children to work on.

Then you can type in the numbers you want your children to put in order in each of the boxes below each of the vehicles. You will find that each of the boxes under each vehicle is independent of others. A different number sequence could be typed under each vehicle.

You can then print out your puzzle or puzzles, you will need to cut the puzzle or puzzles out. If your children have strong cutting skills, you can have them cut out the puzzles.

Favorite Community Helper Books

You may want to read your children books about community helpers before, you have them work on the puzzles. Below you will find a list of some of our favorite community helper themed books.

Here are some more wonder counting printables

Leaping into Math- Frog Flip Chute Activity with Printables

Counting Bees- LEGO Math Printable

Counting Buttons on Peter Rabbit’s Jacket

Harry the Dirty Dog Counting Activity

Skip Counting Printables

Penguin Ice Cube Counting

Community Helpers- Counting Numbers on a Fire Hose

January 10, 2016 By Deirdre

This counting numbers firefighter could be constructed by an adult for a child or by a child themselves. This counting numbers firefighter was made my me for kids to use. It would look more organic if a child had made it, but I decided you would want to see a less organic version to get sense of what it could look like.

Creating the Counting Numbers on Fire Hose Activity

The crafty part of the project is to create a firefighter that is standing sideways on a small paper plate. The firefighter I made is made up of a hat, a little hair (I didn’t want the firefighter to look bald.), a fire fighter’s coat, two small hands, and boots. Outlines were drawn onto the hair, hat, and coat with marker. This will be laminated to use with children! I didn’t laminate it for the picture. (It would have added a glare to the picture.)

The fire hose was cut out of a file folder. A notch was cut into front of the file folder strip to make it look more hose like. The numbers and hose outline were drawn on with marker.
A small slit was cut into the plate after the various parts of the fire fighter were glued on. I placed the slit in front of the fire fighter’s hand to make if look like they were holding it. The fire hose was then slipped through the slit.

Number Hose Ideas

We place numbers one through ten on the hose. The goal was to work on basic counting.
If you wanted to work on skip counting by twos or fives, you could write those numbers on the hose.
You could place only even numbers in number sequence or odd numbers on the hose.

There are probably a number of other number concepts you could place on the hose. If you have one you want to share, please leave a comment below.

Here are some other wonder activities that work on counting numbers:

New Year’s Eve Counting Numbers

Weaving a Web of Counting Numbers

How to Make Interactive Math Games Focuses on Counting

I will be sharing firefighter themed activities all week. Please come back to check the rest of the activities. You can also find them being share on my Facebook page this week.