Continent Counting Clip Cards

These continent counting clip cards support children in mastering early counting and developing visual discrimination skills while increasing their familiarity with the different shapes of the world's continents. These counting cards make for an engaging geography work and continent learning extension activity.

Preparation:

Print your continent counting clip cards – on heavy card stock for durability, or standard computer paper if you intend to later laminate them. Cut the cards to separate them. Laminate (optional). Gather small, child-safe pegs / clips.

Extensions and Extra Tips:

• If a child is miscounting, encourage them to count aloud while pointing to each of the continent shapes.
• If you do not have small pegs or clips (like the sewing clips shown in the photo), paper clips or pen lids can work well as 'clipping' alternatives. Depending upon a child's fine motor ability and age, it may be more suitable for them to cover their choices using counters, coins, or decorative pebbles.
• This activity supports repetition for mastery; swap out pegs / clips to refresh the activity.
• Where appropriate and possible, nurture independence by storing the cards and clips on a shelf within the child's reach.
• Once the child is familiar with the activity, use a globe or a world map puzzle to connect the continent shapes with their geographical locations.
• Once the child has mastered early counting, the numbers on each card can be trimmed or covered, and the cards can be used for a visual recognition activity. Invite the child to identify which continents are displayed / missing on any given card.

Further Product Details:

This continent counting activity features 20 clip cards, each of which shows a variety of visible continents for early learners to count. There are 5 pages in total – each page has 4 clip cards. These cards are a simple and interactive shelf work for children who have been introduced to the continents and are working to master early counting.

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