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Celebrate winter holidays, or a unit about the gingerbread man, while reinforcing shape identification and counting! This low-prep math craftivity uses art supplies found in most classrooms: construction paper, crayons or markers, scissors, and glue sticks. Simply print out the shape page, and you're good to go! I've included a page with images to assist students who may not have background knowledge about gingerbread houses. I ask students to brainstorm shapes they see in the images, then elic

For this print-and-play activity, you'll need two dice per student (or group of students), plus crayons, markers, or colored pencils. Each student will roll two dice, count the dots (or subitize), find the number on their paper, and color in that part of the picture. Play continues until all numbers have been rolled and colored in. If students roll a number they have already rolled, you can have them color in one of the Christmas Tree ornaments.