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I enjoyed listening to the book, "Ten Creepy Monsters", and I feel by incorporating this book into the classroom creates multiple opportunities for students to engage in fun, hands-on learning! I chose this book because it is cleverly written, engaging, and guides students in counting up to 10. There are so many possibilities that could be used in correlation with this book and implemented into the kindergarten classroom because it reinforces student skills in subitizing, counting, as well as one-to-one coorespondence.One activity in particular that I believe would be a great addition to instruction is having students create their own monster with playdough and having them add googly eyes to their monster as they count from 1-10. Students would use the googly eyes as counters and utilize them to serve the purpose of pop blocks or counting bears. Students would also use a ten frame to guide them in their counting. Once students have added 10 eyes to their monster, we would discuss as a class, or small group, what other ideas we could add to our monster (such as 10 arms, legs, tentacles). Whatever features the students add to their monsters will also be removed, one-by-one, in order for students to gain an understanding of counting backwards to `1 from 10. This ultimately ensures the full comprehension of what comes before and after each number up to 10.

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We had so much fun with this roll a play dough monster numbers activity! It even includes a free printable recording sheet. My kids loved it!

I've really been trying hard to create some activities that both of my kids can do at the same time. This is one of them! There are several different ways you can use this depending on the ages of your kids. Regardless of how you play it, it is sure to be lots of fun!

It is a great way for kids to develop fine motor skills and practice counting, number recognition and even writing!
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1. Set out all of the supplies in trays. I used long trays with 3 compartments each that I got at Dollar Tree. I put two end to end and we had a monster making assembly line!

2. If using the recording sheet, print it so you have enough for each student or laminate it like I did so that it can be used over and over again with dry-erase or wet-erase markers. (I prefer wet-erase for lamination)

3. I chose to use foam cube and write the numbers 1, 2 and 3 on it twice each. You could also do dots like a typical die, but I thought it would be a good way for my kids to practice number recognition. We tried with a normal die first, but after rolling a 6 multiple times, it became obvious that we needed to further limit the amount of each item because they were way too cluttered.

Making Play Dough Monsters on an Assembly Line

I showed my kids the monster assembly line and they were SUPER excited to get started. I explained to my son that he was going to roll the die for each object and add that many to his monster.

To begin, he chose his play dough and formed it into whatever shape he wanted. Then he started rolling the die and moving along the assembly line. It was really neat to see how he used the supplies creatively. Pipe cleaners were antennae, hats and a smile. Straws were legs, arms or hair. The possibilities are endless!

My two-year old went down the assembly line with me. She rolled the die and then I told her the number she landed on. I helped her count out the amount of each object to put on the monster as well. However, if she wanted to add more or less of something, I didn't protest. The same goes for my son.

After my son made his monster, I helped him fill out the recording sheet. We found it was easier to do this after the monster was completely done. We went through the sheet item by item and he counted out how many of each were on his monster. I wrote the numbers at the top of the sheet for easy reference. This is totally optional. The activity is fun and effective either way. It was just another way for me to add in some writing practice.

My kids also had lots of fun freely creating monsters. Overall, this activity happily occupied my kids for a long time and was a great way to develop lots of skills!
Here are some related posts I think you will enjoy! Monster Munch Fine Motor Activity Where the Wild Things Are Counting Game Spider Web Fine Motor Activity

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We had so much fun with this roll a play dough monster numbers activity! It even includes a free printable recording sheet. My kids loved it! I've really been trying hard to create some activities that both of my kids can do at the same time. This is one of them!

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I chose to use the book "Ten Creepy Monsters". This book was a fun way for students to pick up on counting in order (and reverse order). The fact that the number of monsters was slowly decreasing helps the students grasp the concept of one-to-one correspondence. In this activity, students have different cards with different numbers of monsters on them (3 orange monsters, 6 purple monsters, etc. with each being a different color). They will look at dice on the paper and, depending on what number it displays, they will color it accordingly (if the dice shows 3, they will color it orange because the card with 3 monsters is orange).

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I chose the book "Ten Creepy Monsters." In this book, we begin with 10 monsters but as the story continues the number of monsters decreases. In this reading we first see subitize. Students are able to "See" and count how many monsters there are remaining. We also see one-to-one correspondence and cardinality. I chose the following activity. We will begin by placing small monsters in order as the card indicates. We will be able to visually see the number of monsters going down and count how many are in the set.

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I chose the book "Monster Needs One More". This is a great book to introduce cardinality and One and Two More or Less, since they keep adding one more of each object in the story. I would use the below activity in my kindergarten class. -Adriana Salinas

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Monster-Themed One More One Less Activity Mat

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This Monster-Themed One More One Less Activity Mat is a great way to encourage young children to explore finding one more and one less. Provide the children with a dice, spinner or numbers cards and a selection of googly eyes. Children chose a number, place that number of googly eyes on the middle monster.

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I chose a counting activity where students are given laminated cards with a certain amount of monsters on them. The goal is for the students to count out the monsters first before the put the clip on the correct number amount. I think this book involves one-to-one correspondence, rote and rational counting, and cardinality. It teaches students the steps they need to take in order to count on from given numbers.

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I chose the book "Ten Creepy Monsters". This is a book that uses visual representation of counting down from 10. I chose a monster eyeball counting activity because I felt this was a fun interactive way for students use visual representation while counting. This can help students subitize. Students work to glue the eyes to each monster which helps with one-to-one correspondence while engaging students!

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Learning to count is extra fun with googly eyes are involved! Your students can work on one-to-one correspondence and fine-motor skills with these monster counting cards

These adorable monsters are in need of some eyes! Have your kiddos pick a card, look at the number on the corner, and add that many eyes to the monster's face. These googly eyes are extra fun since they come in different sizes!

This activity doubles as excellent fine motor practice as well since the kiddos need to use their pincer grip to pick up the eyes. You could also add little tweezers to this center if you'd like!

Hope you enjoy!

Take a look at some more monster themed activities below!

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:

Feed the Monster Alphabet Match // Sara J Creations

Monster Alphabet Playdough Mats // Modern Preschool

Monster Counting Cards // Miss Kindergarten

Monster Math Addition Clip Cards // The Kindergarten Connection

Monster Counting Mats // The STEM Laboratory

Monster Measurement Cards // Fairy Poppins

Monster Alphabet Game // Stay at Home Educator

Felt Monsters Busy Box // Teach Me Mommy

Monster Letter Match // Schooling a Monkey

Monster Snowball Coverall // Recipe for Teaching

Snow Monster Addition Puzzles // The Simplified Classroom

Monster Shape Graphs // Playdough to Plato

Slime Monster Counting Activity // Fun-A-Day

Name the Monster Phonics Game // Play & Learn Every Day

Monster Counting Emergent Reader // A Dab of Glue Will Do

Color Monsters Write the Room // Letters of Literacy

Monster Truck Numbers: Bigger and Smaller // Liz's Early Learning Spot

Monster Creation Tray // Powerful Mothering

Monster Feelings Match Up // Pocket of Preschool

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Learning to count is extra fun with googly eyes are involved! Your students can work on one-to-one correspondence and fine-motor skills with these monster counting cards These adorable monsters are in need of some eyes! Have your kiddos pick a card, look at the number on the corner, and add that many eyes to the monster's face.

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I chose the book "Monster Needs One More." This book helps students practice one-to-one correspondence and One and Two -More or -Less. The book gives the number and the amount of object(s) that correspond with it. Also, the monster is adding one by saying "I need one more" which is practicing their skill of understanding One and Two -More or -Less. The activity I chose was one I found modeled on Pinterest. This is an activity where students will practice one more and less. They will do this by adding one to the amount of the monster's eyes and taking one away from the original number given to the students.

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I have chosen the book, "Monster needs one more." This book demonstrates one-to-one correspondence, the illustrations represent the quantity for each number. Cardinality is expressed, the author used phrases, such as, "Now I have two," this allows the audience to see that the last number that is said in the set is the answer. Lastly one more- one less mathematical method is taught in this text, "I need one more!" In this Kindergarten activity, students will start out with a number a glue eyeballs on the middle monster. Then, students are expected to glue one more (right) and one less (left) to the other numbers. This supports the learning demands in the three topics mentioned in this discussion.

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I read the book "Monster Needs One More". I noticed hierarchical inclusion. When students understand that smaller numbers are a part of bigger numbers and that numbers increase by 1 as you count up, and decrease by 1 as you count back, they are learning the idea of hierarchical inclusion. One activity I would do to reinforce hierarchical inclusion would be to use counters with number cards. You could have student line the counters/objects up with the number card to visualize the numbers within each number as you increase. I also observed one to one correspondence. You can use pipe cleaners with tags on the end with a number and have students slide the amount of beads to match the number on the tag.

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I chose the book, Ten Creepy Monsters. I believe that students would learn the concept of one-less with this book as the monsters slowly drop out of the group of ten in a one-by-one fashion. I also believe that this is cardinality as with each monster that leaves the group, the author stresses how many monsters were left after the one monster leaves. For my activity, I would do a worksheet that has 3 boxes. The middle box would contain a number between 2-10. Students would be prompted to fill in the boxes before with 1 number less and the number after with one number more than the middle number.

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I chose "Monster Needs One More." I think it connects to both rote and rational counting throughout the story. The story also connected with cardinality. "Monster Needs One More" also connected with one and two -more or -less. A math activity that can be used in the classroom with this book is giving students objects to count as you read the book. This way the students can count out how many items the monster had each time. This will help them visually see how much the monster has.

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I chose to do the book “Monster Needs More Time!” in this book I recognized Hierarchical Inclusion, throw always counting up 1 by 1 always the concept of I need one more! My activity will include creating monsters where students add onto the monsters teeth adding up!

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I chose the book "Monster Needs One More" and one early numeracy topic that I noticed in the book was the one-to-one principle. I found an activity that I could use in my classroom that helps students build numbers through hands-on slime fun! This would be especially fun to do around Halloween! - Ginny

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You need to add this slime monster counting activity to your list of Halloween activities for preschoolers. It's easy to set up and a fun way to explore counting and one-to-one correspondence. Be sure to grab the printable monster number cards at the end of the post!
Related: How to Make Slime With Kids
Preschoolers like to count.

It's one of the ways they can explore and categorize the world around them.

Counting is also a critical early math skill, so it's important to encourage and teach counting throughout a preschooler's day.

To keep things interesting and at a young child's level, counting should definitely be fun and hands-on.

Use the printable monster number cards to get the kids counting and learning one-to-one correspondence.

Toss in some sensory play and you're good to go.
Related: Free Printable Fall Calendar Numbers
How to Set Up the Printable Monster Counting Activity

There are a few different ways to go about putting this monster number activity together.

I'll share what we did, along with a few different ideas you could try.

Prepping the monster counting invitation

We started off with our glitter monster slime. Whenever possible, I like reusing materials for multiple activities.

We already had some of the slime separated into sensory bags. So we just removed the googly eyes and resealed the bags.

Fresh googly eyes were a must for our monster counting, of course. We also used a black permanent marker and our monster number cards from our monster lesson plans.

You can grab a free version of the printable monster number cards at the bottom of the post (click on the teal box).

Since we had the slime monster sensory bags done already, it didn't take long to set all of this up.

I drew super simple smiles on the slime bags and grabbed some googly eyes.

I'd already cut and laminated the monster number cards, so they were added in easily.
Related: Playful Fall Activities for Preschoolers
What we did with our slime monsters

The slime monster sensory bags were turned into slime monsters waiting for their eyes.

We put the printable monster cards all in one pile and then got started with the top number.
Related: The Best Math Activities for Preschoolers
We counted out the correct amount of googly eyes and added them to slime monster face.

From there, we went back and counted to make sure we'd added the right number of eyes. Then it was on to the next card.

What do kids learn from this printable monster counting activity?

As with all early childhood activities, there are many learning opportunities here.

Of course, counting and one-to-one correspondence are practiced with the slime monster counting.

In addition to that, kids are working on number identification. They can look at the number on each card and identify it, or they can receive some adult or peer help to do so.
Related: Halloween Book Making with Kids
Fine motor and sensory skills are also involved here.

The slime is fun to manipulate with little fingers, and it's got a unique feel to it.

Picking up the small googly eyes and adding them to the monster bags works kids' pincer grasps along the way, too.

Colors and sorting can come into play here, as well. We used green, blue, and purple monster baggies since we already had them on-hand.

However, it would be great to make a different color for each of the monsters on the number cards.

Then the kids could sort the cards based on their colors before starting the counting activity.

Alternative Ideas for the Printable Monster Number Cards

As I mentioned above, I like reusing materials whenever possible.

The monster number cards don't have to be used just for counting eyes for slime monsters.

A slightly different monster counting activity

We set up a different hands-on, multi-sensory counting activity with the number cards once we were done with the slime monsters.

I grabbed some black beans leftover from making sensory bottles a while back and put them into a little wooden tray.

The wooden tray is from a lacing card set I got at the Target Dollar Spot a while back - kind of like these lacing cards.
Related: Types of Slime Recipes in the Ultimate Collection from A to Z
The printable monster numbers slotted in perfectly along the top of the tray, with the beans in the larger area.

We pretended the black beans were where silly monsters were hiding under the bed.

Googly eyes were added based on the number cards, just like the slime monster bags.

We also wrote the numbers in the black beans to practice number writing.

Even more ideas for those number cards

Use the cards for calendar numbers during a monster theme.

Make different sensory bags for the monster faces.

Work on numerical order, placing them in a long line from 0 to 35.

Sort the cards based on the monsters' colors.

Make patterns based on the colors of the monsters on the cards.

Print out more than one set and work on building larger numbers.

Add them to a silly monster math game.

More Monster-Themed Activities You Should Check Out

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:

Feed the Monster Alphabet Match // Sara J Creations

Monster Alphabet Playdough Mats // Modern Preschool

Counting Cards // Miss Kindergarten

Monster Math Addition Clip Cards // The Kindergarten Connection

Counting Mats // The STEM Laboratory

Monster Measurement Cards // Fairy Poppins

Monster Alphabet Game // Stay at Home Educator

Felt Monsters Busy Box // Teach Me Mommy

Letter Match // Schooling a Monkey

Monster Snowball Coverall // Recipe for Teaching

Snow Monster Addition Puzzles // The Simplified Classroom

Monster Shape Graphs // Playdough to Plato

Slime Monster Counting Activity // Fun-A-Day

Name the Monster Phonics Game // Play & Learn Every Day

Monster Counting Emergent Reader // A Dab of Glue Will Do

Color Monsters Write the Room // Letters of Literacy

Monster Truck Numbers: Bigger and Smaller // Liz's Early Learning Spot

Creation Tray // Powerful Mothering

Monster Feelings Match Up // Pocket of Preschool

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Preschool Monster Lesson Plans

Save time and get right to the playful learning with our printable lesson plan sets. Each set includes over 30 learning activities related to the theme, and we've provided different versions for classroom teachers and home preschool families so all activities are geared directly toward your needs.

This set includes active hands-on learning ideas, book suggestions, and the following printables:

Monster Calendar (or general number) Cards

Uppercase Monster Letter Cards

Lowercase Monster Letter Cards

Color Matching Monster Mats and Activity Pieces

Counting Monster Mats (1-10)

Roll and Count Monster Math Game Boards (6 versions)

Feed the Monster Templates

Monster Munchies Beginning Sound Cards

Number Cubes (6 versions) for Monster Math Activities

Roll-A-Monster Creative Art Activity Pieces and Game Cube

Monsters' Healthy Choices Recording Sheet

Monster Hourse Beginning Sound Sort

Monster Number Cards(0-35)

Where Do Monsters Live Book Making Guide and Printable Pages

Get your monster-themed lesson plans: Preschool Monster Lesson Plans for Preschool Classrooms Monster-Themed Lesson Plans for Home Preschool Families You can also find us on Teachers Pay Teachers

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Monster Counting Activity and Free Printable Monster Number Cards

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I chose the book "Ten Creepy Mounters" because I noticed the one-to-one counting principle. To show this to students after reading the books, I would give them a set number of objects. I would have them take one object away and tell me what number they have left. This could be something they could easily manipulate to see hands-on. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffun-a-day.com%2Fmath-activities-for-preschoolers-one-to-one%2F&psig=AOvVaw1_1jDTPeH8kOTzofZoZA4R&ust=1643385294616000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCOiw4bml0vUCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD

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I chose the book "Ten Creepy Monsters". A couple of pages into reading this book, I discovered very quickly that it was focused around counting down. It starts with ten monsters, as you see in the title, and counts down from ten on each page as something happens to one monster on each page and they lose one. I think that it also correlates with one to one correspondence because they numbers in the text correspond to the number of monsters on the page. An activity that you could do would be going outside and counting the things you see outside; for example, you can go outside and have them count how many butterflies they can see.

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I chose the book "Monsters Needs One More" and one of the numeracy topics we went over that connects well with it is the cardinality principle. The description of this term is that the last number said tells how many are in the set and that is a pattern seen throughout this specific book. Every time a monster tells us the last number they have which tells us how many numbers were in the set. There is an activity that works on building numbers using a fun hands game that keeps kids interested and a bonus is that they would get to use slime which would keep them engaged. This is the link to the activity I chose.
https://fun-a-day.com/monster-counting-activity/

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You need to add this slime monster counting activity to your list of Halloween activities for preschoolers. It's easy to set up and a fun way to explore counting and one-to-one correspondence. Be sure to grab the printable monster number cards at the end of the post!
Related: How to Make Slime With Kids
Preschoolers like to count.

It's one of the ways they can explore and categorize the world around them.

Counting is also a critical early math skill, so it's important to encourage and teach counting throughout a preschooler's day.

To keep things interesting and at a young child's level, counting should definitely be fun and hands-on.

Use the printable monster number cards to get the kids counting and learning one-to-one correspondence.

Toss in some sensory play and you're good to go.
Related: Free Printable Fall Calendar Numbers
How to Set Up the Printable Monster Counting Activity

There are a few different ways to go about putting this monster number activity together.

I'll share what we did, along with a few different ideas you could try.

Prepping the monster counting invitation

We started off with our glitter monster slime. Whenever possible, I like reusing materials for multiple activities.

We already had some of the slime separated into sensory bags. So we just removed the googly eyes and resealed the bags.

Fresh googly eyes were a must for our monster counting, of course. We also used a black permanent marker and our monster number cards from our monster lesson plans.

You can grab a free version of the printable monster number cards at the bottom of the post (click on the teal box).

Since we had the slime monster sensory bags done already, it didn't take long to set all of this up.

I drew super simple smiles on the slime bags and grabbed some googly eyes.

I'd already cut and laminated the monster number cards, so they were added in easily.
Related: Playful Fall Activities for Preschoolers
What we did with our slime monsters

The slime monster sensory bags were turned into slime monsters waiting for their eyes.

We put the printable monster cards all in one pile and then got started with the top number.
Related: The Best Math Activities for Preschoolers
We counted out the correct amount of googly eyes and added them to slime monster face.

From there, we went back and counted to make sure we'd added the right number of eyes. Then it was on to the next card.

What do kids learn from this printable monster counting activity?

As with all early childhood activities, there are many learning opportunities here.

Of course, counting and one-to-one correspondence are practiced with the slime monster counting.

In addition to that, kids are working on number identification. They can look at the number on each card and identify it, or they can receive some adult or peer help to do so.
Related: Halloween Book Making with Kids
Fine motor and sensory skills are also involved here.

The slime is fun to manipulate with little fingers, and it's got a unique feel to it.

Picking up the small googly eyes and adding them to the monster bags works kids' pincer grasps along the way, too.

Colors and sorting can come into play here, as well. We used green, blue, and purple monster baggies since we already had them on-hand.

However, it would be great to make a different color for each of the monsters on the number cards.

Then the kids could sort the cards based on their colors before starting the counting activity.

Alternative Ideas for the Printable Monster Number Cards

As I mentioned above, I like reusing materials whenever possible.

The monster number cards don't have to be used just for counting eyes for slime monsters.

A slightly different monster counting activity

We set up a different hands-on, multi-sensory counting activity with the number cards once we were done with the slime monsters.

I grabbed some black beans leftover from making sensory bottles a while back and put them into a little wooden tray.

The wooden tray is from a lacing card set I got at the Target Dollar Spot a while back - kind of like these lacing cards.
Related: Types of Slime Recipes in the Ultimate Collection from A to Z
The printable monster numbers slotted in perfectly along the top of the tray, with the beans in the larger area.

We pretended the black beans were where silly monsters were hiding under the bed.

Googly eyes were added based on the number cards, just like the slime monster bags.

We also wrote the numbers in the black beans to practice number writing.

Even more ideas for those number cards

Use the cards for calendar numbers during a monster theme.

Make different sensory bags for the monster faces.

Work on numerical order, placing them in a long line from 0 to 35.

Sort the cards based on the monsters' colors.

Make patterns based on the colors of the monsters on the cards.

Print out more than one set and work on building larger numbers.

Add them to a silly monster math game.

More Monster-Themed Activities You Should Check Out

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:

Feed the Monster Alphabet Match // Sara J Creations

Monster Alphabet Playdough Mats // Modern Preschool

Counting Cards // Miss Kindergarten

Monster Math Addition Clip Cards // The Kindergarten Connection

Counting Mats // The STEM Laboratory

Monster Measurement Cards // Fairy Poppins

Monster Alphabet Game // Stay at Home Educator

Felt Monsters Busy Box // Teach Me Mommy

Letter Match // Schooling a Monkey

Monster Snowball Coverall // Recipe for Teaching

Snow Monster Addition Puzzles // The Simplified Classroom

Monster Shape Graphs // Playdough to Plato

Slime Monster Counting Activity // Fun-A-Day

Name the Monster Phonics Game // Play & Learn Every Day

Monster Counting Emergent Reader // A Dab of Glue Will Do

Color Monsters Write the Room // Letters of Literacy

Monster Truck Numbers: Bigger and Smaller // Liz's Early Learning Spot

Creation Tray // Powerful Mothering

Monster Feelings Match Up // Pocket of Preschool

Get Your Monster Number Cards

These cards are for members of Fun-A-Day's email community. If you're already a member, enter your email below and get the cards sent to you. Otherwise, enter your information to join the email list (and receive the monster number cards as a free gift). These emails will be chock full of early childhood education resources, activities, tips, and even more freebies!

Preschool Monster Lesson Plans

Save time and get right to the playful learning with our printable lesson plan sets. Each set includes over 30 learning activities related to the theme, and we've provided different versions for classroom teachers and home preschool families so all activities are geared directly toward your needs.

This set includes active hands-on learning ideas, book suggestions, and the following printables:

Monster Calendar (or general number) Cards

Uppercase Monster Letter Cards

Lowercase Monster Letter Cards

Color Matching Monster Mats and Activity Pieces

Counting Monster Mats (1-10)

Roll and Count Monster Math Game Boards (6 versions)

Feed the Monster Templates

Monster Munchies Beginning Sound Cards

Number Cubes (6 versions) for Monster Math Activities

Roll-A-Monster Creative Art Activity Pieces and Game Cube

Monsters' Healthy Choices Recording Sheet

Monster Hourse Beginning Sound Sort

Monster Number Cards(0-35)

Where Do Monsters Live Book Making Guide and Printable Pages

Get your monster-themed lesson plans: Preschool Monster Lesson Plans for Preschool Classrooms Monster-Themed Lesson Plans for Home Preschool Families You can also find us on Teachers Pay Teachers

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I chose the book "Monster Needs One More". An early numeracy topic I noticed while reading was the abstraction principle because no matter what the monsters were counting, you still only attach one number to one object. An activity I would do with this book would be to give students a card that had a picture of seven stars on it, then the students would place seven pieces of candy or dots on it to match the picture.

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Abstraction is my seventh blog post in a series about the Counting Principles. These principles are helpful when developing children's number sense. It's not enough for them to learn to count by rote, they have to develop a strong foundation of numbers and counting.

You can see the other Counting Principle blog posts here.

What is Abstraction?

It is knowing that no matter what you are counting, how you count stays the same. The objects' traits (size, shape, colour, etc.) doesn't matter. This also includes counting non-concrete materials (characters in a story, sounds, etc)

Why is Abstraction important?

When students develop abstraction skills, they are deepening their number sense skills .

Activities

Abstraction is easy to work on with concrete objects - buttons, vehicles, blocks, balls.

To challenge students, using sounds can be a fun way to reinforce this skill.

Abstraction Cards

Laminate these counting cards, and have students use different objects to match the count on the card.
If you would like to use these cards, they are a free download in my Resource Library (if you do not have he password, sign up for my newsletter and it will be sent to you):
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If your students need more practice with their one-to one correspondence, this pack will have them practicing in so many different ways:
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Abstraction is my seventh blog post in a series about the Counting Principles . These principles are helpful when developing children's number sense. It's not enough for them to learn to count by rote, they have to develop a strong foundation of numbers and counting. You can see the other Counting Principle blog posts here.

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I chose the book "Ten Creepy Monsters". This book is an excellent choice for the younger grades because it uses many visual representations to help count backwards. After reading this book, I thought of subtilizing. The students could easily look through the book and "just see" the quantity of the monsters decrease throughout out the book. An activity that I could in my class is have a monster chain of 10 monsters in front of the students while reading the story. Throughout the story, instead of counting the monsters, the students can take off a monster as they hear it leave the group. This gives the students a chance to see the quantities change without counting.

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The book that I chose was "Monster Needs One More" and one early numeracy topic I noticed in the book was One and Two More. An activity that I could use in my classroom is to make Monster Counting Mats to go along with the book. Doing this activity will help the students visualize numbers as well as having fun with monsters. -Jessica Harvey https://thestemlaboratory.com/monster-counting-mats/

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Few things are quite as exciting to kids as monsters. These playful counting mats put all of that excitement to great use - giving children practice with number recognition, counting AND ten frames.

They're also the perfect compliment to our best-selling playdough mats!

Getting Ready

To prep, I simply printed the monster counting mats on cardstock to give them extra durability. Likewise, if you're planning to use them in the classroom, laminating them is a great idea.

I grabbed a small bowl of googly eyes and a second bowl with Cheerios kids could use for counting chips. (Goldfish, playdough balls or pom poms would work as monster snacks, too.)

Then, I called Little Sister (age 4) over to join me!

Monster Counting Mats

The activity was pretty self explanatory, so Little Sister settled into the routine quickly.

She read the number in the upper righthand corner of the mat and then grabbed a matching number of eyes from the bowl: one eye for the number one mat.

Then, she fed the monster one Cheerio as a snack.

Little Sister set the one card to the side and grabbed the next batch in the pile: two!

One number after the next, Little Sister happily counted out googly eyes and monster sized snacks on each mat. It was so much fun! Above all, she gained a better understanding of her numbers.

Grab Your Set

Have a monster fan too? Find more playful monster activities to add to your must-try list below and then click the blue "Download Here" button to get your free monster counting mats.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:
Feed the Monster Alphabet Match // Sara J Creations

Monster Alphabet Playdough Mats // Modern Preschool

Monster Counting Cards // Miss Kindergarten

Monster Math Addition Clip Cards // The Kindergarten Connection

Monster Counting Mats // The STEM Laboratory

Monster Measurement Cards // Fairy Poppins

Monster Alphabet Game // Stay at Home Educator

Felt Monsters Busy Box // Teach Me Mommy

Monster Letter Match // Schooling a Monkey

Monster Snowball Coverall // Recipe for Teaching

Snow Monster Addition Puzzles // The Simplified Classroom

Monster Shape Graphs // Playdough to Plato

Slime Monster Counting Activity // Fun-A-Day

Name the Monster Phonics Game // Play & Learn Every Day

Monster Counting Emergent Reader // A Dab of Glue Will Do

Color Monsters Write the Room // Letters of Literacy

Monster Truck Numbers: Bigger and Smaller // Liz's Early Learning Spot

Monster Creation Tray // Powerful Mothering

Monster Feelings Match Up // Pocket of Preschool

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Few things are quite as exciting to kids as monsters. These playful counting mats put all of that excitement to great use - giving children practice with number recognition, counting AND ten frames. They're also the perfect compliment to our best-selling playdough mats!

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I chose the book "Ten Creepy Monsters." Some topics that connect well with this book are hierarchical inclusion and cardinality principle. I noticed throughout the book as the text counts down from 10, it recognizes that nine and one are the same as 10. It also reads sentences as the last number mentioned is the last one in the set. An activity that goes along with this: recognizing how many monsters are left.

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I chose to read the book "Monster Needs One More" and the counting principle I noticed throughout the story was Hierachial Inclusion. This book highlighted the idea of "I need one more!" which allows students to connect the idea that numbers are nested inside of each other and the number grows by one each count. One activity I would implement into a lesson with this book would be "Monster Math Draw". This allows students to see the inner relationships between numbers and how numbers "nest within one another.
- Jordan Slate

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Simple Addition Activities: Monster Math Draw and Flip Books

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These Simple Addition Activities, “Monster Math Draw and Flip Books” focus on completing simple addition problems and number sentences. There are four different books in this set, that include four different monsters. In a math center, or an independent work station, students complete the monster ..…

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I  chose the book "Ten Creepy Monsters" and one of the numeracy topics I  noticed in the the book  was that they were rationally counting. They were counting in order but each number connected to a monster. We also see one-to-one correspondence. This allows for us to see the number that corresponds to specific quantities of monsters. One activity I  would do is to give children 10 "monsters" (they could just be counters) and then read through the book again and as a monster disappears they take one of their counters away so that they can visually see it right in front of them as well as get the hands on experience of actually taking the number away. 

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I  chose the book "Ten Creepy Monsters" and one of the numeracy topics I  noticed in the the book  was that they were rationally counting. They were counting in order but each number connected to a monster. We also see one-to-one correspondence. This allows for us to see the number that corresponds to specific quantities of monsters. One activity I  would do is to give children 10 "monsters" (they could just be counters) and then read through the book again and as a monster disappears they take one of their counters away so that they can visually see it right in front of them as well as get the hands on experience of actually taking the number away. 

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When reading "Ten Creepy Monsters" I noticed that they used the one and two -more or -less. Each time they lost one monster the numbers went down.

The activity I like the idea of using a rocket and moving it up and down one. as we read the book. To tie it to the book We could put a monster in the rocket or use a monster instead. To keep them attentive you could even use a monster voice. Another option is to have the students come up and move the monster/rocket.

- Harley Walker

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I chose to read the book, "Monster Needs One More." I noticed that Hierarchical inclusion was one of the topics in this book because the number grew by one each count from 1-10. I found a fun activity on Teachers Pay Teachers that allows the students to determine the number that is one more than the given number.

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This product focuses on the Early Numeracy skill of One More and One Less Than a number: These are the contents of the product:
One More Than/One Less Than To 5
One More Than/One Less Than To 10
One More Than/One Less Than To 15
One More Than/One Less Than To 20
One More Than/One Less Than To 30
One More Than/One Less Than To 50
One More Than/One Less Than To 100
Cut and Paste One More/One Less
To 5, To 10, To 15, To 20, To 30
Assessment One More/One Less
To 5, To 10, To 15, To 20, To 30
Stacks More Than/Less Than Game

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This product focuses on the Early Numeracy skill of One More and One Less Than a number: These are the contents of the product: One More Than/One Less Than To 5 One More Than/One Less Than To 10 One More Than/One Less Than To 15 One More Than/One Less Than To 20 One More Than/One Less Than To 30 On...

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I chose the book "Ten Creepy Monsters." I think the topic of one-to-one correspondence/principle goes well with this story since it involves a slow count down of the monsters. It basically goes from 10 down to 0. I think an activity that would go well with this book, is to assign each student to a monster and have them stand up in front of the classroom as you read the book. They will slowly have to "leave" once their assigned character on each page disappears, and go back to their seats until the end where there are no monsters left. This can be a really great way for student's to be interactive, but also visually see the one-to-one correspondence for each object in the given set. - Bailey Ricketts

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I chose the book "Ten Creepy Monsters". I think this book has cardinality because the number of monsters in continuously changing. Students have to rely on 1 monster leaving each time to be able tell how many are in the set. This book and activity would work well with Kindergartner. -Kailee

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I chose the book "Ten Creepy Monsters". I think this book has cardinality because the number of monsters in continuously changing. Students have to rely on 1 monster leaving each time to be able tell how many are in the set. This book and activity would work well with Kindergartner. -Kailee

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Help build your students' number sense with two ten frame crafts! Students will build numbers up to ten or make ten in a ten frame.

Copy on colored paper or have your students color the craft themselves.

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Ten Frame Monster Crafts - Making Ten and Building Numbers in a Ten Frame

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Help build your students' number sense with two ten frame crafts! Students will build numbers up to ten or make ten in a ten frame.Copy on colored paper or have your students color the craft themselves. ...

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I read the book "Ten Creepy Monsters". This book uses counting principles. The book counts backwards from 10 which is an important skill. I found a good activity on https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ten-Frame-Addition-Math-Craft-Monsters-Teeth-2812647?st=4b424c789e4eb9524a42c8eb28e35bbf I think students would really enjoy this activity and it would help them make some connections. This activity is super engaging. -Lucas Tomlinson

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Ten Frame Addition Math Craft | Monsters Teeth

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Make a super cool monster to explore addition on a ten frame with our fun math craft! What a wonderful classroom display they will make too!This project in also included in a Mathtivity BundleThis packet will provide you with template pieces to make a cute monster to explore addition within 10.They…

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I chose the book "Ten Creepy Monsters." This book could easily be used in a kindergarten classroom because it helps students visualize and make sense of counting backwards from 10. One activity I could do with this book is give students paper versions of all the monsters in the book and have them color and cut them out and as I read the story, take away the monsters as they disappear in the story. This supports hierarchical inclusion as it demonstrates that numbers are "nested" inside of each other and that numbers grow or get smaller as we count forwards or backwards. This also could support cardinality in the way that the book states phrases such as "six creepy monsters donned suits for a dive."

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After reading both books, I chose to discuss the book, "Monster Needs One More." After considering the early numeracy topics we have learned about I noticed that the cardinality principle was used in the book. As Monster counted different items, the last number that Monster said told us how many were in that set. For example, Monster says, "Another cookie to chew, I had one now I have two!" One activity that I could use in my kindergarten classroom to go along with this book would be number matching with paper cups. I would give students a piece of colorful paper that has pictures of circles on it 1-10, each circle has the amount of dots it represents. I could do the circles in order from 1-10, or I could make it even more engaging and mix them up! This is also great for extra practice. I will have labeled paper cups with numbers (1-10) on the bottom of each cup. Every cup will have a different number! Then my students will have to match the numbers on each cup to their paper (which has circles drawn on with dots). For example, if a student is looking at their cup and it says number 1, students will have to find on their paper which circle has one dot in it and place their number 1 cup on that circle. This is very fun, hands on, engaging, and a great learning experience for my kindergarten students! They will be counting the dots and recognizing which number that represents with their paper cups! -Makynlee Sims

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After reading both books, I chose to discuss the book, "Monster Needs One More." After considering the early numeracy topics we have learned about I noticed that the cardinality principle was used in the book. As Monster counted different items, the last number that Monster said told us how many were in that set. For example, Monster says, "Another cookie to chew, I had one now I have two!" One activity that I could use in my kindergarten classroom to go along with this book would be number matching with paper cups. I would give students a piece of colorful paper that has pictures of circles on it 1-10, each circle has the amount of dots it represents. I could do the circles in order from 1-10, or I could make it even more engaging and mix them up! This is also great for extra practice. I will have labeled paper cups with numbers (1-10) on the bottom of each cup. Every cup will have a different number! Then my students will have to match the numbers on each cup to their paper (which has circles drawn on with dots). For example, if a student is looking at their cup and it says number 1, students will have to find on their paper which circle has one dot in it and place their number 1 cup on that circle. This is very fun, hands on, engaging, and a great learning experience for my kindergarten students! They will be counting the dots and recognizing which number that represents with their paper cups! -Makynlee Sims

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I chose the book "Monster Needs One More" one early numeracy topic I noticed in the book was hierarchical inclusion. One activity I could use in my kindergarten classroom to go with this book would be making our own number book. We could draw/color a monster on the front of the book but the pages within the paper made book would consist of numbers from one to ten. The first page would have one cookie the students would trace the number, write the number, and then count the number ( in this case 1 for 1 cookie). The second page would have the number two the students would do the same all the way to ten. This is fun, engaging, and something the students could take home to practice. - Shelby Goodson

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I chose the book "Monster Needs One More" one early numeracy topic I noticed in the book was hierarchical inclusion. One activity I could use in my kindergarten classroom to go with this book would be making our own number book. We could draw/color a monster on the front of the book but the pages within the paper made book would consist of numbers from one to ten. The first page would have one cookie the students would trace the number, write the number, and then count the number ( in this case 1 for 1 cookie). The second page would have the number two the students would do the same all the way to ten. This is fun, engaging, and something the students could take home to practice. - Shelby Goodson