Ladybug Counting Activity

This Ladybug Counting Activity is an easy, inexpensive and hands-on way to learn to count!

All you need is a piece of cardboard, ladybug stickers and a few craft supplies. A couple of minutes to cut out the cardboard leaves and your activity is ready for your tot!

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Materials for Ladybug Counting Activity:

Cardboard
Ladybug stickers
Craft knife + mat
Number manipulatives (exact ones I’m using linked)

Instructions:

Using the craft knife and the mat, cut out 5 leaf shapes. I made mine about 3″ x 2″, but that depends on the size of your ladybug stickers. You can first use a pencil to draw an outline of a leaf and then use the craft knife to cut along the lines, but I just eyed it.
Next, place the number manipulatives next to each leaf and set the stickers beside.

What is my child learning and improving?

Numbers (seeing the numbers, visually seeing their quantities, their order)
Counting (counting the ladybugs as they stick them onto each leaf helps them pronounce and memorize the order of numbers)
Fine motor skills (peeling away and sticking the stickers onto each leaf)
Focus + concentration