These quick and easy math activities and ideas utilize your student’s excitement and interest in firefighters to help teach basic math skills in fun and meaningful ways. These math activities are perfect for hands-on learning because they make practicing basic skills fun! Add some of these activities to your lesson plans and watch your kids have a blast while learning how to count, pattern, graph and more!
Preschool Math Explorations with a Fire Safety Theme
Whether you’re looking for ideas for community helpers week or related to fire prevention week,  you’re in the right place! If your preschoolers love fire trucks, fire stations and all things fire related, they will love these fun math activities. You can use these in your morning tubs, focus on skills development in your math small groups, and add these to centers  for independent exploration.
Fire Safety Play Dough Counting Mats
Roll and ball of play dough to “put out” the fire. Your students will have fun using these 10-frame mats while developing fine motor and counting skills! These printable mats are included in the Fire Safety Bundle.
Fire Counting Mats
These counting mats provide your little learners with opportunities to practice numeral recognition, subitizing, one-to-one correspondence, counting, and fine motor skills. Help them really develop number sense and begin to make the connection between quantity and the numeral (symbol) of that quantity. Get your number counting mats in the Fire Safety Bundle.
Fire Safety Roll and Cover
Have you tried roll and cover games in your classroom yet? These are perfect for developing subitizing skills. Your kids will enjoy rolling the dice and covering the matching pictures. There are two different roll and cover games included so you can differentiate the activity to meet the needs of your individual students; 1-3, and 1-6. Â You can find them in the Fire Safety Bundle.
Spin and Cover Games
Students spin the spinner and cover the matching pictures. There are five different spinner games included for your convenience; numeral, tally marks, dice, matching same, and matching shapes. Another great way to build number sense, one-to-one correspondence, and visual discrimination. The spinner games are included as part of the Fire Safety Bundle.
Fire Truck Board Game
Can your kids get the fire truck to the fire quickly? They will love this printable fire engine board game that supports the development of number sense and one-to-one correspondence skills. This game is available in the Fire Safety Bundle.
Fire Truck Races
Available in the Fire Safety Bundle, this race activity will help build number sense and one to one correspondence. Students will roll a die and move their playing piece towards the flames.
Fire Safety Counting Book
This easy to assemble book helps reinforce number sense and counting. The Fire Safety Counting Book is available in the Fire Safety Bundle.
Fire Safety Graphing Activity
Did you know that graphing activities help young children learn important math concepts like more and less? Your kids will enjoy rolling the pocket cube and recording their rolls on the recording sheets. This graphing activity is available in the Fire Safety Bundle.
Fire Safety Patterns
Could your kids use more practice with patterning? Patterning activities help your students develop logical thought and reasoning skills. Ask students to “read” the patterns for building vocabulary and literacy skills, too. This printable pattern activity can be found in the Fire Safety Bundle.
Fire Station Numeral Activity
Your kids will learn different numeral representations for numbers 1-10 with this activity. They can identify the numeral on the station and then “park” the matching dot and tally quantities. These stations are included in the Fire Safety Bundle.
Fire Station Number Puzzles
Practice putting numbers in order 1-10 with this fire safety theme number puzzle. These fire station number puzzles include a version that focuses on numbers 1-5 and another version that focuses on numbers 1-10. Choose the version that best meets the needs of your students for differentiation purposes. The number puzzles are available in the Fire Safety Bundle.
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Fire Safety Bundle
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