Free Printable Apple Themed Free Printable Number Mats

These free printable apple themed number mats are a fun way to practice counting, one to one correspondence, numerals, number words, and fine motor skills all in one no-prep activity! This set of play dough number mat printables includes numbers 1-10 in both color and black and white. I hope your little learner enjoys!

A preview of four pages of apple themed counting mat. Two are in color, two are in black and white.

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Materials needed for printable number mats

Your free printable apple themed number mats. Look for the row of purple arrows lower down in the post.
Printer access and paper. I used this 32 lb bright white paper.
Laminator, page protectors, or dry erase pockets. Optional.
Manipulatives, play dough, mini erasers, and/or dry erase crayons.

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I love making number mats reusable by laminating them or placing them in a heavy duty "secure" page protector. Page protectors aren't as durable as lamination or dry erase pockets, but they're the least expensive and easiest to use. These are the secure, heavy duty sheet protectors we use:

Avery Diamond Clear Top Sheet Protectors, Super Heavyweight Page Protectors...

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Long-Lasting Protection: Thse heavy duty sheet protectors help protect frequently referenced items

I like pairing page protected sheets with Stabilo Woody 3-in-1 dry erase pencils. They write really well and there's no ink to stain or stink! They are very washable and even wash off white walls easily. (Yes, I'm speaking from experience.)

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STABILO Multi-Talented Pencil woody 3 in 1 - Pack of 6 - Assorted Colors...

Washable
XXL lead applies as much pigment as 8 colored pencils at once
Large width ideal for smaller hands

How to use number mats (play dough mats)

Each of these number mats has:

A crate with apples (1-10).
A large numeral for making a play dough number or tracing the number with a marker/crayon.
The number word in a dotted font to trace.
Space to write the number below the crate or to place manipulatives to make the correct number.

A preview of two apple themed counting for preschoolers. One is in color with the number 10 and the other is black and white with teh number 1

Free printable apple theme number mats PDF

All 20 pages are available in the same PDF document. The numbers 1-10 are included in both black and white. Each page is nice, crisp, and high resolution in the PDF file, but may look a little blurry below due to web image compression. Here's a preview of what you're getting:

A preview of ten apple themed counting mats in color for preschool students.

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I hope you enjoy using these number mat printables with your family or students! Make sure to check out the additional free printables for fall available here on The Artisan Life: