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Gingerbread Cookie Counting Activity

We have the cutest gingerbread counting activity to share with you today! We love this activity because it is festive, works on math skills, and is so open-ended that children will want to play again and again. Keep reading for all the details!

You will need:

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Instructions:

  1. Set out your playdough and invite your child to make some gingerbread men.

  2. Show your child how to roll the die, then count the matching number of buttons and place them on the gingerbread man.

  3. You can repeat with different decorations.

  4. When your child is done practicing counting, you can extend the sensory fun by letting them make more gingerbread cookies and decorate them however they’d like.

Video

Watch this short video to see the activity in action!

Download

If you’d like to grab the free gingerbread man sheet download to use instead of playdough, you can get it by clicking the button below!

Be sure to check out these other Christmas activities on our blog:


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