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Breakfast Number Puzzles 1-20

Three-piece puzzles for each number from 0 to 20 ask students to join a numeral, its number word and a matching quantity, then set the finished puzzle on a number mat.
Grades
Preschool–K
Pages
5
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
Math, Counting, Early Math, Numbers
Topic
number recognition, counting objects
Resource types
Activities
Preparation
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About this resource

What's inside this resource

This resource contains a set of food themed puzzles designed to engage preschool and kindergarten students in a thorough exploration of numbers and counting objects from 1-20. Built around an appealing breakfast theme, this engages students to practice counting and recognizing numbers up to 20. With its bold, and brightly colored cards, these simple puzzles layouts, kindergartners and preschoolers can stay engaged and have fun with counting!

What is Included:

  • there are twenty-one 3 piece puzzles where students can match numbers with the correct number of objects, and with the number word.

How to Use:

Students will use the plate mat to assemble their breakfast puzzle. Students will match the number on the egg to the number word on the bacon and the number of objects on the toast and place those three food items onto the plate!

When these Puzzles:

  • Task Box Activities - These puzzles can easily be stored in task boxes and provide for easy set up, clean up, and storage.

  • Math Center - The puzzles can be placed inside a math center for students to work alone or with a partner.

  • Morning Tubs or Baskets - The puzzles can be placed in a morning bin for students to do while they wait for their classmates to arrive.

  • Small Group Activities - The teacher can pull aside a small group of students who need practice with counting and number recognition to work on these puzzles.

  • Quiet Time Activity - In the preschool classroom, these puzzles are a perfect activity for non-nappers to work on quietly.

Skills Assess by these Puzzles

  • Students can practice number recognition and counting up to 20, including the number zero.

These breakfast number puzzles are low prep. They just need to be printed and cut apart. The teacher can laminate these puzzles for durability if desired. Once created, the puzzles can be laminated for durability, making this activity reusable.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Match a numeral to its number word and quantity
  • Count sets of objects up to 20

Skills covered

  • Counting — matching a pictured quantity to the numeral and number word that complete each puzzle

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • K.CC.B.4a — When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object.
  • K.CC.B.4 — Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.
  • K.CC.B.5 — Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1–20, count out that many objects.

Core concepts

  • Counting to 20
  • Number words
  • Numeral recognition

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