Dental Health Counting & Addition Mats | Fine Motor Math | PreK SPED Autism

Give those marshmallow "teeth" a count! These Dental Health Math Activities: "Counting Marshmallow Teeth" use marshmallows to represent teeth while students practice counting, one-to-one correspondence, and simple addition. Add a set of tweezers or tongs to sneak in fine motor practice, too! With three leveled sets for built-in differentiation, it's a fun, hands-on way to work math into Dental Health Month — perfect for math centers, morning tubs, and small groups.

📦 What's Included — 3 Leveled Sets for Differentiation

• Level 1: Basic Counting & 1:1 Correspondence — 12 counting mats, numbers 1–12
• Level 2: Modeling Simple Addition — 12 mats + 12 math problems (sums to 12) to model and solve
• Level 3: Solving Simple Addition — 1 marshmallow-teeth mat + a flip book covering all addition problems with sums to 12; plus a recording sheet for writing answers
• Print and laminate to use again and again with a dry erase marker

📚 How to Use

• Students use marshmallows as "teeth" (or any small counter) to fill the mats
• Level 1: count and match to the number on each mat (1–12)
• Level 2: model each addition problem and solve
• Level 3: solve problems on the marshmallow-teeth mat, record answers on the flip book (dry erase) or the recording sheet (pencil)
• Add tweezers or tongs for extra fine motor practice
• Use in math centers, morning tubs, or small groups

🎯 Skills Targeted

• Counting and number recognition (1–12)
• One-to-one correspondence
• Modeling and solving simple addition (sums to 12)
• Number sense
• Recording and writing answers
• Fine motor skills (tweezers/tongs, dry erase)
• Following directions
• Independent work skills

💛 Perfect For

• Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
• Special education classrooms (SPED)
• Autism classrooms and ABA programs
• Occupational therapy (fine motor with tongs)
• Math centers, morning tubs, and small groups
• Independent work stations and task boxes
• Dental Health Month and health units, early childhood, ECSE, and homeschool

🌟 Why Teachers Love This Resource

• Three leveled sets — built-in differentiation from counting to addition
• Combines math AND fine motor (add tweezers or tongs!)
• A fun dental health / marshmallow teeth theme for February
• Uses simple counters — marshmallows, mini erasers, or manipulatives
• Covers counting 1–12 AND addition to 12
• Reusable with a dry erase marker once laminated

🦷 More hands-on dental health and math activities:

• Hands-On Dental Health Activities
• Hands-On Math Activities