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Here's a fun number recognition activity -- cover the numbers on the leaf with ladybug stickers. Get your free printables!

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Ladybug Number Recognition Activity

This ladybug math was a fun way for my kids to practice recognizing numbers and get some fine motor practice at the same time.

Do you have any dot stickers?  We buy these at office supply stores, but you can easily get them online.

First I got out a page of red dot stickers.

dot stickers

Then I got out a black Sharpie and decorated them to look like ladybugs:

dot sticker "ladybugs"

What? You don’t think they look like ladybugs?  Yeah, my daughter said they looked like pizzas.  My son wanted to know where their heads were.

Come on, now.  When’s the last time you looked at a ladybug’s head?

You could get always something like these ladybug stickers if it really bothers you.

But I wasn’t bothered, so I gave them to each of my big kids to complete a number recognition activity.  I gave my Two (almost three) a page with the numbers 1-10.  We do a lot of this sort of thing, and over a couple months the numbers are finally starting to stick (I think I just made a little joke there).

I told him the ladybugs were hungry, and I would say, “The next ladybug wants to eat the number 4.”  Then he would cover it with his sticker.  If he needed help, I’d give a hint: “An eight has two circles.”

child placing sticker on clip art of leaf

My Four completed a page with the numbers 1-20.  Next time we’ll tackle numbers from 20-100, because he’s got these down now.

child placing sticker on clip art of leaf

Finally, I printed a blank copy and programmed it with numbers from 100-1000.  My Five (almost six) enjoyed the challenge.

child with stickers and clip art of leaf

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  2. Gail Fiedler

    Dear Anne Geiger, This is Gail from Lions Head House, were I run a house for Women, Children, Families. I know you have directions for the LadyBugs on a Leaf but I still do not know how to set it up? I know it does not take a Rocket Scienctist , but I am drowning here? The dots on the stickers do they represent what needs to be counted and than placed on the leaf with the numbers. Can you help me, I do not understand? I do not want to bother you .I know you are busy and have a life too!!! Thank you very much and God Bless the fruit of your hands. Sincerely Gail Fiedler

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    • Anna Geiger

      Hi Gail!

      This activity requires both the student and teacher. The teacher names a number on the page, and the student locates the number and covers it with any sort of sticker at all – or even colors it. We just decorated the stickers to look like ladybugs. The number of dots on the stickers are completely random. 🙂

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    • Anna Geiger

      Sorry it took me so long to reply to you, Kelly! I really appreciate your comment — it’s so wonderful to know that my materials are helping you and your child. Thanks so much for letting me know!

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  3. […] Take a little bit of red paint and tell your little one which number the ladybug wants to eat. Ask him to cover that number with a red thumbprint.  If you have a range of kids learning to recognize numbers you can create one with the numbers 1-10, one with the numbers 10-20, and one with blank circles so you can write much larger numbers for kids aged 5 and up . To read more about it and get your printables, click here. […]

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