Build It Up! Letters & Numbers Pattern Block & Counting Cube Mats
Do you ever feel like your students need more hands-on learning and more fine motor skills practice...but you don't have time to prep elaborate STEM activities? I know I do.
I wanted something I could pull out in minutes that would keep students engaged, strengthen fine motor skills, reinforce letters and numbers, and encourage problem-solving—all without creating a huge mess or spending hours prepping.
That's exactly why I created Build It Up! Simply print the cards, grab your pattern blocks or counting cubes, and you're ready to go! Students will be so busy building and creating that they won't even realize how much they're learning.
Unlike many building mats, these cards are not designed for students to place pieces directly on top of the picture. Instead, students recreate the image beside the card, making the activity more challenging while developing spatial reasoning, visual discrimination, problem-solving, and fine motor skills.
With 100+ building cards, you'll have enough activities to use during back-to-school, STEM bins, math centers, morning tubs, independent work, indoor recess, early finishers, and all year long.
Even better, these activities work with ANY curriculum, helping you reinforce math, STEM, and literacy standards while making your required curriculum more hands-on, engaging, and easier to implement.
Teachers love Build It Up! because...
✔️ It's low prep—just print and build.
✔️ Students stay engaged through hands-on learning.
✔️ Builds fine motor skills, spatial awareness, and critical thinking.
✔️ Perfect for STEM bins, centers, morning tubs, and independent work.
✔️ Encourages creativity and perseverance.
✔️ Works with pattern blocks OR counting cubes.
✔️ Great for Preschool, Pre-K, TK, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
What's included:
- 100+ Build It Up! Picture Cards
- Pattern Block Building Cards
- Counting Cube Building Cards
- Color Recording Sheets
- Blackline Recording Sheets
Students will build:
Pattern Block Pictures
- Uppercase Letters
- Lowercase Letters
- Numbers
Counting Cube Pictures
- Uppercase Letters
- Lowercase Letters
- Numbers
Instead of another worksheet, your students will be building, creating, problem-solving, and talking about their learning while strengthening foundational literacy, math, and STEM skills through purposeful play.
If you're looking for an easy-to-prep STEM activity that keeps students engaged while reinforcing letters, numbers, and fine motor skills, Build It Up! will quickly become one of those resources you reach for all year long.
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TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Cherie S. says: “So far, they are a big hit. We are working on a fine motor initiative in our district kindergarten, and these are perfect for my fine motor centers. Thank you!”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Laruen B. . says: “These are awesome for my math centers! The kids love using these, and I love that each theme has a similar game, so I am not having to reteach the expectations all the time. Thanks for creating!
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Build It Up! Letters & Numbers Pattern Block & Counting Cube Mats