Spider Web Counting: A Fun Math Activity for Kindergarten
Here’s a simple and fun small-group math game that your kindergarteners will love! All you need are some small plastic bowls, counters, and animal home pictures - spider webs, beehives, or flowers (they're in the Math Kit bundle). This activity helps your students recognize and remember numbers by counting objects and identifying where they saw them.
Spider Counting Game Setup:
- Upturn small bowls and place counters (1-6) under each one.
- Attach different animal home pictures (spider webs, beehives, flowers) to the bowls for easy identification.
- Lift a home and let students see the number briefly.
- Students count the counters under a bowl and then recall the number and its location, describing the animal home picture.
Activity in Action:
- Start with a Spider Rhyme! There is one in the Math Kit bundle bonu sfile ready to print!
- Your students can say this rhyme as they play or you can use it as an action rhyme before you start, rolling a dice at the end and having students call the number they see.
How it works:
- Show the counters under a bowl briefly.
- Ask students to remember the number and describe the bowl’s animal home picture.
- Repeat, taking turns so each student gets to practice.
Other Ideas for Practicing Numbers to 6:
- Visual Reference with Posters: Having visual cues on your math wall is a great way to reinforce counting. My Cute Dice Number Posters are perfect for this! They add a fun and colorful way for students to check and remember quantities. Find them here.
- Roll and Remember: Roll a die, show it to students for a few seconds, and ask them to remember the number they saw. They can either write it down or say it out loud after a few moments.
- Quick Flash: Use flashcards with dot patterns (like dice) and show them to your students for a few seconds. Ask them to recall how many dots they saw.
- Math Wall Posters:Having posters with numbers and quantities is a great support. Your students can reference them when practicing number recognition.
Want to play this game in your classroom?
You can grab the animal home pictures (spider webs, beehives, flowers) that I use on the bowls in my Math Kit bundle or individually from my TPT store. These are perfect for this activity and many other number and counting games!