Princess Math - Sure to Score!

I found a great counting and matching activity here:  Matching Activity at Fun & Engaging Toddler Activities.  Since I have two little princesses, I easily switched this up so it would peak Lena's interest and hopefully hold it longer.  The counting component will be great for Lena to work on her one to one correspondence while the matching set will be simple for her, it will be perfect for Lucy to begin this concept.  I plan to use it not only individually with the girls but also as a collaborative activity for them to complete together (with me...the referee!).



Here is the Princess & Fairy PDF file with all of the parts you will need.  I am printing on cardstock and laminating to make it last longer, but plain paper will do, also.


Note:  the file for the first set of numbers (1-5) can be found here:  1-5 pdf


So, we just tried this yesterday and Lena was very excited about Princess Math...even though she had no idea what Math is!  So, she did the matching with ease and then we worked together to do the counting so I could help her with the one to one correspondence.  After I modeled the process for her, she did numbers 1-5 on her own (I let her pick which princess to use for each number since each has a set of 10).  She started on the second folder but lost interest in counting so we will try it again another time.  All in all, it was a success and I think she will like it again in the future especially since it allows for some freedom of choice with which princess to use.

the finished product

Matching the fairies

Working on one to one correspondence

Lena worked from right to left when completing #4, making me more aware that we need to do some left to right progression activities