Bear Counting to 10 Fine Motor Task Cards

Bear-and-cave counting cards for 0 to 10: on each card a bear holds a target number, and students place that many bear counters inside the cave.
Year groups
Nursery–Reception (Early Years), Year 1 (Key Stage 1)
Pages
3
File type
PDF
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Updated Jan 19, 2026

Subject
Numbers, Early Math, Maths
Topic
Counting to 10, Counting to Ten
Resource types
Activities, Worksheets & Printables
Preparation
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About this resource

Students will have fun counting up to 10 and practising fine motor skills with these bear themed fine motor cards. These cards allow students to get ample practice counting to 10 with the colourful and fun images centred around bears. Students will want to complete these cards again and again.

What is Included:

There is one bear themed card for each number 0 through 10. Each clip card includes colourful and bright images to keep students engaged in counting.

How to Use:

Students will take a card. They will look at the bear themed number and then use playdough (or other small black manipulatives) to create the correct number of spots to place on the card.

When to Use:

  • Maths Centre - These cards can be used in a maths centre by simply placing the cards and playdough inside each centre. Students can work independently or with a partner to complete these cards.

  • Morning Activity - These cards can be placed inside a morning tub or basket for students to work on as classmates arrive to class.

  • Quiet Activity - These cards make a great quiet time activity for students who do not nap.

  • Small Group Activity - Teachers can pull aside small groups of students to practise working on counting.

These playdough cards are a low prep activity for teachers to prepare for students. They just need to be printed and cut apart before students can use them. These cards can be stored inside a task box which allows for easy set up, clean up, and storage.

The added fine motor component makes these a perfect activity for students to work on their counting skills as well as improving their hand strength by squeezing and shaping the playdough.

Skills Assessed:

  • Counting to 10

  • One to one correspondence

  • Number recognition

  • Fine motor skills

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Build a set that matches a given number from 0 to 10

Teaching tips

  • Small counters stand in for the bears, so a supply of pom-poms, playdough balls or similar pieces is needed for each card.

Skills covered

  • One-to-one correspondence — students place one counter at a time until the cave holds the target number

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Counting to 10

  • One-to-one correspondence

  • Fine motor skills

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