Apple or Fruit Tree Play Dough Mat

What you need:

Tree printable
Laminating sheet or clear sheet protector sleeve
Red, green, yellow, orange play dough
Small containers

Skills:
Fine motor skills, counting and number sense.

What you do:

Print the Tree printable and laminate or place inside a clear sheet protector sleeve. Place the play dough inside the containers.

Let children form apples or other fruits that grow on a tree and place them on the tree.

Counting:
Apple picking. Call out a number and let children place the matching number of apples in the basket.

Ask: How many apples are on the tree? How many apples are in the basket? How many green apples are on the tree? etc.

Measurement, comparing:
Let children compare the apples. Which apple is the largest? The smallest?