Free Printable Number Playdough Mats

These free printable number playdough mats are a fun way to practice number recognition and number formation. Whether using playdough, dry erase markers, or driving with toy cars, these mats can be used in so many different ways!

Young children will have so much fun with these printable mats. Print the numbers from the pdf file then laminate them or slip them into a sheet protector for reuse and durability and your kiddos will use these free printables over and over again.

Each of these printable mats has a large numeral and the corresponding number word for numbers one through nine. These mats would make a great addition to math centers in a kindergarten or preschool classroom or a fun math activity for homeschooling young children. You can even incorporate these free playdough number mats with kindergarten students working on spelling number words.

Kindergarten and preschool teachers and homeschool moms will find these play dough number mats to be a fun addition for counting and fine motor activities for their young learners. Add them to your playdough station or use them as a sensory experience, but you can’t go wrong using these free printable number playdough mats with your little learners. 

Read below for ideas on how young children can practice their math skills in different ways using these free printables.

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​Playdough Activities

Making playdough mats is a great way to use these free printables. Young kids will get a lot of practice building their fine motor skills making playdough numbers with these mats.

An easy way to have young learners practice number recognition is having them make numbers out of playdough on top of the large number on the free number playdough mats. They can roll playdough into a long “snake” then lay it on the number digit.

As they are making the number with play doh have them name the number and practice counting to that number. Rolling the play doh “snakes” is a great activity for their fine motor muscles.

Younger children can practice one-to-one correspondence by making the number for one of the fun number playdough mats and then using our free number ten frame playdough mat to make play dough balls for counting out the number. This activity is a fun hands-on way for preschool and kindergarten students to practice their counting skills and fine motor skills.

You can also have young students make the playdough numbers on the free playdough mats and then use a dot marker or dry-erase marker to make dots to count out the number on the ten frame printable mat.

Dry-erase Markers

One of my favorite ways to have my kiddos use these printable mats is to have them trace the numbers with dry-erase markers. Big dry-erase markers are helpful for young learners with little hands still building their fine motor muscles.

The large number on each mat gives young children plenty of space for tracing each number. Young students can get lots of practice with number formation by reusing these mats. Slip each sheet into a page protector for an easy way to use and clean up these printables.

​Toy Cars

​Use these printable mats in a playful way by giving young kids little toy cars to drive over the numbers. For this activity you can either laminate the printable mats or even just print them on card stock.

​Young students will start their toy car at the starting point on the number and drive the car in the same way they would write the number. This activity can help kids get interested in number formation before moving onto writing the numbers. 

This is also the perfect way for students who have very little fine motor strength to work on number formation without having to miss out on the fun.

You can grab your free printable playdough mats here.

You can grab your free number ten frame playdough mat here.

If you are looking for more play dough activities be sure to check out our Alphabet Mats. These letter playdough mat printables are a great way to work on letter formation and letter sounds.

Each of the playdough mat printables has the uppercase and lowercase letter and beginning sounds pictures for that letter. All twenty-six letters are included. 

​We also have learning mats in our shop that give young learners a fun way to work on a variety of skills. We have mats for counting, shapes, colors, letters, and more.

From counting chocolate chips on ice cream cones to matching beginning sounds to learning about pumpkins, you’re sure to find something in our shop that your young students will enjoy!

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I hope you and your students enjoy the free playdough number mats!