Green Eggs Math Mats for Counting, Addition, Subtraction

This free printable can be used as an activity or learning center to go along with reading Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss.  It includes a math mat featuring a plate, and a set of green egg counters and yellow egg counters.  You can also download a black & white version, if you prefer.

Skills & Teaching Ideas

Counting:

  • Students put a specified number of eggs on the plate.

Addition & Subtraction:

  • Students are given a number and have to create problems to represent it.  For instance, for 8, they could put 4 yellow eggs and 4 green eggs on the plate; or they could put 3 yellow eggs and 5 green eggs on the plate, etc.
  • Students are given an addition or subtraction problem to recreate on the plate.  For the problem 6+4, they could use 6 yellow eggs and 4 green eggs.  They could then determine that 6+4=10.  To continue on with subtraction in this example, the problem 10-6 or 10-4 could be demonstrated.

The are many possibilities!  For learning centers, the students could choose from a set of cards to determine what problems to show on their math mats.  Types of cards could include numbers (for either counting eggs or creating math problems for that number) and math problems.

The color PDF has three pages: a large blue plate mat with a Green Eggs and Ham picture, a page of 28 green egg counters and a page of 32 yellow egg counters. The black-and-white version has the plate and one page of egg counters. Each counter page includes a tip for cutting the eggs out quickly.

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Ways to use it

  • Count to a number: Call out or show a number card and have children put that many eggs on the plate.
  • Two colors: Have children show a number in different ways with green and yellow eggs, such as 4 + 4 or 3 + 5 for 8.
  • Act out problems: Give children an addition problem like 6 + 4 to build on the plate, then take eggs away to show 10 − 6.
  • Problem cards: Make a set of number cards and math problem cards for children to draw from at a learning center.
  • Read the book first: Read Green Eggs and Ham aloud, then use the mats during a Dr. Seuss or Read Across America week.
  • Make it last: Print the counters on cardstock and laminate them so you can use them again.

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