Catch Some Summer Fun with Our Counting Fireflies Printable Activity!
Looking for a fun and educational summer activity for your preschooler? Our Counting Fireflies printable is the perfect blend of learning and play! This hands-on number recognition game is great for preschoolers, kindergartners, and early elementary kids who are just starting to explore numbers 1–24.
What is the Counting Fireflies Activity?
The Counting Fireflies activity is a hands-on, number-matching game that helps kids practice counting in a fun and interactive way. This is a great activity to reinforce number recognition, counting skills, number sequencing, visual recognition, and early math confidence, especially for kids who love nature and summertime adventures.
Why You’ll Love This Activity
- Perfect for summer learning: Keep young minds active with a seasonal twist.
- Supports early math skills: Reinforces counting, number recognition, and matching.
- No prep required: Just print and play!
- Fun and engaging: Cute fireflies make learning exciting and magical.
How to Use the Printable
- Download and print the Counting Fireflies PDF.
- Laminate the pages for repeated use (optional).
- Have your child grab a numbered tile and place it on the square on the page with the jar.
- Your child will then fill the jar with the correct amount of fireflies. You can use the fireflies, pom poms, buttons, or other small objects.
- Have your child count then count the number of fireflies in the jar to ensure it matches the number they selected.
This makes a fantastic quiet time activity, summer boredom buster, or classroom center for early learners.
Looking for more hands-on learning fun?
Keep the creativity going with some of our favorite activities! Try our Plant Cutting Practice Activity Packet to build fine motor skills, or explore numbers and shapes with our Pumpkin Cutting Practice Sheets. For a quiet moment, don’t miss our Free Space Coloring Pages, perfect for kids who love to color and learn!
Grab Your Free Counting Fireflies Printable!
Make summer learning fun and glowing with this easy printable activity. Just click the link below to download your Counting Fireflies game and start catching fireflies today—no bug spray needed!
Michele is a mom of 5 with her degree in marriage and family studies. She believes that one of the best ways you can spend time with your family is doing fun things together.
It says “click here to get your template” but there is nothing to click?? Not sure what is going on. Looks like a cute activity
It should open up in the same browser once you fill out your name and email address. If that doesn’t work email [email protected] and we will send it to you!