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    Free Printable Spring Counting Clip Cards for Preschoolers

    Published: Mar 29, 2021 · Modified: Mar 20, 2025

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    These free printable spring count and clip cards are a fun, low-prep way to help your child improve their number recognition, counting to 12 skills, finger strength, and fine motor skills.

    Three pages of spring themed count and clip printables. Each page has four count and clip cards. Each card has 1-12 spring clip art images and there are three numbers across the bottom to pic the correct answer from.

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    These cute counting clip cards are perfect for your spring preschool theme. All images are genetically spring-y, not related to a specific holiday.

    Please see this post with Easter count and clip cards if you'd prefer an Easter theme.

    How to print and and use spring count and clip cards

    Counting clip cards, also called count and clip cards, are a fun, interactive way to practice counting and number recognition.

    Count and clip cards help your child develop and improve:

    • Number sense
    • Counting abilities (these cards feature 1-12)
    • Number recognition
    • Subitizing skills
    • Fine motor skills

    You know what subitizing is, even if you don't recognize the word. Subitizing is the ability to recognize small quantities without counting them. For example, you automatically know when you see two dots on a die that it means "2" without counting "1, 2."

    These cards also help develop fine motor skills when your child uses a clothespin or manipulative to mark their answer.

    If you don't have a clothespin, or if it's too challenging for your child, they can make their answer with a manipulative. We've used counting bears, pompoms, and even nature treasures.

    For an extra fine motor challenge, have your child use bamboo toast tongs or plastic tweezers to place the manipulative.

    We frequently use this set of counting bears that comes with a pair of tongs. It also comes activity cards, sorting cups, and a reusable storage box. It's the set we personally use and a great way to get started with math manipulatives if you don't have any yet:

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    Materials needed for count clip cards

    You don't need much time or materials to print and use this low-prep preschool math activity.

    • Your free printable spring count and clip cards. The download is located further down the post. You'll see a big rectangle with a pink outline - you'll know where to click!
    • Paper or cardstock. If you're not laminating, use cardstock for greater durability.
      • If you are laminating, I recommend 32 lb "premium" paper. It's sturdier than normal printer paper and produces bright, beautiful images.
    • Laminator and laminating pouches.
      • Laminating is optional, but helps you make the most of your printer ink and time.
      • Printables typically only last for a couple of uses with young children if they're not laminated. Laminated printables can last for years and multiple children.
      • A laminator usually pays for itself after about 20 pages when compared to laminating at the store.
    • Scissors or a paper trimmer/cutter. I use this paper trimmer.
    • A clothespin or manipulative to mark answers. If your pages are laminated, your child can use a dry erase marker or (even better) a dry erase crayon.
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    We've started using Stabilo Woody 3-in-1 pencils instead of dry erase markers.

    They're water soluble and can be used as watercolor pencils or as a dry erase marker. I think they're even better than dry erase markers because they don't have ink.

    Stabilo Woody pencils are the answer.

    Stabilo Woody crayons wipe off easily with a very slightly damp cloth. My daughter accidentally got some on the white painted fireplace surround and it wiped right off without staining, no scrubbing required.

    If that sounds too good to be true, check out the video in this post with free printable dinosaur coloring pages. I demonstrate how well they color on laminated pages and how quickly they erase.

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    How to use counting clip cards

    Download the PDF and print the pages you want. The cards have numbers 1-12 with 4 numbers per page. You can use use one or two of the pages if your child isn't working on larger numbers yet.

    Laminate the pages before cutting them out.

    Cut out the cards. Make sure to leave the number choices along the bottom of each card attached to the image portion of the card.

    Count, clip, and have fun learning! We usually count the images together, then my daughter finds and marks the correct number.

    If you don't have a clothespin, or just want to mix things up to keep them interesting, your child can place a manipulative on top of their answer or mark it with a dry erase crayon or marker.

    A free printable count and clip card with 12 smiling suns. At the bottom of the three cards are three numbers - 11, 12, 10. The 12 is circled in red.

    Free printable spring count and clip cards download

    The sweet watercolor clipart in these printables is copyright by DigitalArtsi and is used under license. Thank you, Jane, for your beautiful artwork and generous licensing.

    Like all free preschool printables on The Artisan Life, this preschool math printable is licensed for personal and classroom use. You are also welcome to use it with scout troops, homeschool co-ops, etc. Basically, as long as you are personally organizing the activity, it’s fine to use these.

    You are not licensed to redistribute the printouts or digital files to others. Just send your friends or coworkers to this post so they can download their own copies.

    If you agree to this license, click below:

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    I hope your little learner has lots of fun with these spring themed counting clip cards! Make sure to grab these additional free printables for spring:

    Free printables for spring

    These free printables for spring are low-prep fun for children and adults.

    Free Printable Spring Bingo

    This free printable spring bingo game is low-prep fun for the entire family!

    Free Spring Word Search Printable 

    This free spring word search printable is available in cute color and ink-saving black and white. Answer key is included!

    21+ Spring Coloring Pages

    Grab 21+ free printable coloring pages for spring.

    Free Spring Memory Game Printable 

    This free spring matching game is fun for toddlers and preschoolers. Play it as a face up matching game or a face down memory game for older children.

    Free Printable Spring Counting Book for Preschoolers

    Help your child count with confidence with this cute free printable spring counting book.

    Free Dot Marker Coloring Pages

    Dot marker coloring pages are always popular with toddlers and preschoolers. Use them with round stickers for a no-mess activity or cover each circle with a pompom to make the pages reusable.

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