Summer Number Recognition Worksheets for Preschoolers

Summertime offers an excellent opportunity for preschoolers and kindergarteners to practice number identification and counting through engaging activities. Our “Searching for Sunglasses” number recognition worksheet is perfect for kids who enjoy coloring while learning essential math skills.

This post includes a free summer-themed printable designed to enhance preschool math activities. Download the worksheet at the end of this post, and be sure to explore all our free summer printables to keep your child engaged and learning all summer long!

Get your free preschool worksheets for summertime at the end of this post.

Transform your summer lesson plans into exciting learning experiences with number recognition worksheets designed specifically for preschoolers and kindergarten students. They are just the right mix of hands-on and pencil work.

By incorporating engaging preschool math activities into your summer curriculum, you can help students improve their number recognition and counting abilities in a fun, interactive way, making them feel extra confident entering kindergarten.

These number recognition worksheets support fine motor development as well as counting and number identification skills. And they get loads of practice at both! As a preschool teacher, utilizing these resources can make summertime learning both productive and enjoyable for your students.

It’s one of the reasons I created this number identification pack which is all about summer themes: 20 Summer Number Identification Activities for Preschoolers.

It has 20 activities, because number identification is that important when entering kindergarten!

Number Recognition Activities Printable

This is such a fun educational printable for summer! It’s perfect for little learners who love coloring, and the sunglasses look so cool! It also teaches preschoolers how to use finger counting and tally marks to count.

What You Get

This set come with four versions of number recognition worksheets set to a fun, summer theme. It comes in black and white, but also includes a set of full color sun cards.

The sun cards feature different ways of counting, like using fingers or tally marks, and come in both full color and black and white.

Materials

  • Free Searching for Sunglasses Printable Worksheets
  • Crayons, Markers, or Colored Pencils in a variety of colors

The Set-Up

To prepare this activity, print the sun cards on cardstock and the worksheets on regular paper. Then cut out the sun cards along the lines.

Arrange the sun cards in a pile on the table and supply your student or students with a worksheet and some crayons.

This summer worksheet for preschoolers teaches finger counting and tally marks.

How to Use Number Recognition Worksheets

The concept is really simple: just draw a sun card from the pile, find the corresponding number on the worksheet, and then color in those sunglasses.

You can have the finger counting cards and tally cards in separate piles or you can mix them up.

Draw a card and color in the corresponding set of sunglasses.

The two sets of cards provide young learners with a variety of ways to visualize numbers, and they can be used in many different math activities, too. Be sure to check out all my ideas at the end of the post.

If you have younger preschoolers, you may want to start with the finger counting cards. Older preschoolers who have already be introduced to tally marks and have good one-to-one correspondence skills will enjoy the added challenge of reading the tally mark cards.

And of course you can mix up the sun cards, too.

There are a few levels of difficulty, depending on your preschooler’s skills.

Help for Struggling Learners

If you have a preschooler who’s struggling, work with them one-on-one or in a small group and provide scaffolding when needed. You might have the child count on their own fingers or use popsicle sticks for hands-on tally counting.

In fact, doing this will create double the practice. Have your preschooler draw a card and count the fingers or tallies on the card. Then have them create and recount the same number using their own fingers or some popsicle sticks. Twice the practice!

Another Fun Idea

Another fun option is to have two children work together to complete the same worksheet. They can work collaboratively or make it a counting game in which each student uses only one color to see who colors in more sunglasses.

My preschoolers always love the opportunity to work together, and it’s helpful for them to learn how to check their work, or each other’s. For this reason, it’s best to pair up children who are at similar skill levels. And as always, an adult should supervise and be available to help out.

There are three different worksheets included in this free download!

Printable Number Recognition Activities for Preschool

The sun cards that come with this free download can be used like counting cards, and can be used for loads of summer number identification activities. Here are just a few ideas to get you started.

  1. Teach even and odd numbers. Students can use one color for odd numbers and another color for even numbers.
  2. Use them to teach the concepts of “more” and “less.”
    • Draw a card and color the sunglasses as normal; then ask your preschooler to find the sunglasses that are one more or one less.
  3. Use snap cubes to build towers over the sunglasses for a tactile and hands-on approach.
    • This also adds one more element of counting practice, too.
  4. Have your preschooler copy the tally cards to make their own number cards that can then be stapled together in a book.
  5. Or, have them name number cards that feature ten frames!
    • Preschoolers can draw a sun card and then make the ten frame equivalent.
  6. Count the classroom! Use the sun cards to practice counting all sorts of things in the classroom.
    • Make it into a circle time activity by sharing a card and then asking your preschoolers to all count something in the classroom that is the same number. Crayons, blocks, buttons, shoes…you name it. Have them bring their counted supplies back to the circle time rug for discussion.

Kindergarten Math Number Recognition Worksheets

Need even more number recognition worksheets for the pre-k and kindergarteners? Try some of these:

How many ways can you use this summer worksheet in your preschooler classroom?

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Think you want to add these worksheets and counting activities to your summer theme preschool lesson plans?

They’re a fun way for kids to learn numbers before kindergarten…and an easy way to teach kids, too! Go ahead and fill out the form below and the PDF will be emailed to you.