Clothespin Dinosaur Counting Math Printable

Here's a hands-on math activity for your dinosaur fan!  Use this preschool printable to teach math skills like number recognition, 1:1 correspondence, and counting while working on fine motor skills, too!  Enjoy this Clothespin Dinosaur Counting Activity! 

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There's a few well-loved dinosaur books on our book shelves; I mean, who doesn't love a good piece of fiction involving a dinosaur?

We shared our Favorite Dinosaur Books a while back, but taking part of the Virtual Book Club for Kids introduced us to another-- Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems.

 The storyline is a playful attempt of the original Goldilocks, but with dinosaurs of course!

For a go-along activity for Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs {or any dinosaur book}, I put together a clothespin dinosaur counting activity for my very soon to be 4 year old!

Preschool Hands-on Math Activity

Supply List:

• Dinosaur Printable
• mini clothespins
• laminator
• scissors

An adult will first need to prep this activity by printing out the dinosaur printable and laminating each page.

Cut out each dinosaur and present them with a supply of mini clothespins.

We love activities involving clothespins because they are a great manipulative to work on fine motor skills!

Your child will not only be grasping and pinching, but honing those counting skills as well!

This dinosaur themed counting tray is super easy, simply have your child grab a dinosaur, say the number, and clip that many clothespins onto the dinosaurs back.

You could use other manipulatives as well, like:

• paper clips
• pom poms
• links
• sequins

Whatever suits your fancy, go ahead and use those with this colorful dinosaur counting activity!

Alternatively, you could use this for number recognition and have child clip a clothespin with a number on it to the correct dinosaur.  Or practice number order by putting the dinosaurs in order.

After all the tedious work of cutting out each dinosaur, I am sure you'll find plenty of other ways to keep these dinosaurs on your learning shelf for quite a while!

Click here to download this Dinosaur Math Activity

•  do not alter, sell, copy printable
• for personal use only
• printable activity created by School Time Snippets using free dinosaur clipart from clker.com

More dinosaur inspired activities for kids:

• Dino Babies Letter Game – Rainy Day Mum

• Preschool Dinosaur Name Activity – Preschool Powol Packets

• Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs Jacks Game – Sugar Aunts

• Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs Play Dough Mats – JDaniel4’s Mom

• How to Make Chocolate Dinosaurs – Mama Smiles

• Rocks & Fossils Experiment – Teach Beside Me

• Collaborative Cardboard Dinosaur Art – Toddler Approved

• Dinosaur Pre-Writing Tracing Pages – Sea of Knowledge

• Roll A Dinosaur Movement Game – To be a Kid Again

• Dinosaur Shape Matching Game – Powerful Mothering

• Build A Shape Dinosaur – Adventures of Adam

• Dinosaur Eggs Preschool Math Printables – Chickadee Lit

• Fine Motor Skills Dinosaur Excavation

• Dinosaur Preschool Unit

More Fun Activities Using Clothespins:

• Make Your Own Math Clip Cards

• Find and Clip the Letter

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar Sequencing Activity

• Zoo Animals Beginning Sound Clip Cards

• Roll A Rainbow Dice Game