This scarecrow patch counting activity is a fun and easy way to practice count. Kids will love decorating the scarecrow with lots of colorful patches!
While playing this game, children will practice math concepts such as counting, subitizing, and one-to-one correspondence. Adding patches to a scarecrow allows them to practice these skills in a fun, hands-on way!
Set up a scarecrow
Supplies needed:
- Felt sheets in various fall colors (I used about 5)
- white construction paper
- yellow cardboard
- Scissors
- glue
- crayon
Draw a shirt on a piece of felt and cut it out.
Draw the pants on another piece of felt and cut them out.
Cut out a circle from white cardboard and draw the scarecrow’s face on it.
Cut out a triangle from yellow cardboard. This will be the scarecrow’s hat.
Glue the hat, face, shirt and pants together.
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Take 3 more sheets of felt of different colors and layer them together. This way you only have to cut all 3 sheets once instead of cutting each sheet individually.
Cut several 1-inch strips lengthwise along the paper. Then cut each strip crosswise in 1-inch increments. This will leave you with squares of felt that can be used as patches.
play games
This activity can be done independently, in pairs or in groups of three. At first, my son did it independently, so he just rolled the dice and added lots of patches to the scarecrow.
If you are doing this in pairs or a group, each player should choose a block color. Players will then take turns rolling the dice and placing their colored patches on the scarecrow. The winner is the first player to run out of patches.
My son had a blast playing this game! After he played it on his own, we played the game together and he liked the game even more. Little does he know, he’s getting a lot of counting practice!
Before you do this activity, your child might enjoy listening to some books about scarecrows.
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