For parents, this is a wonderful way for you to practice counting with your child! Making their own counting snack mat is a wonderful way for them to enjoy snack and math both at once! Take your child to the grocery store, where they can select their own healthy snacks - gummies, cereal, grapes, blueberries, fruit etc. The more variety, the better as they practice healthy eating and counting. Draw an area of empty rings and have your children place a snack in each ring, counting to either the number listed or the number given to them. No matter what you do, they can't eat their snack until they count for you.
Since children like to play with their food when eating anyway, why not give them a reason to sort and play with their food. In this case, they would be making connections to numbers and value.
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