State of Michigan
Pre-K Mathematics
Kick-start children's education with this pre-school math unit. Offering 31 different hands-on learning activities that develop young mathematicians' pattern and shape recognition, basic number sense, and much more, this is a...
August House
Anansi Goes to Lunch - Kindergarten
Greed is the theme of the West African folktale, Anansi Goes to Lunch and this multidisciplinary collection of lessons. First, scholars listen to a read aloud and participate in a grand conversation about the book's key details and...
August House
The Drum
Take a journey to India with a read aloud of The Drum: A Folktale from India by Rob Cleveland. Make connections to the story's theme by building and practicing drums, role playing story characters, and practicing skills in phonics, math,...
August House
The Ogre Bully
English language arts, math, science, dramatic arts, and cooking; this instructional activity has it all! In this multidisciplinary resource, your scholars will take part in a read aloud of The Ogre Bully by A.B. Hoffmire and...
Resources for Early Childhood
Making Math Meaningful and Enjoyable
Your young learners will enjoy mathematics that is meaningful correspondence as they play their way to a deep mathematical foundation. Organized around the math standards, this appropriate sequence of conceptual, preschool...
Homeschool Creations
Skip Counting
Young mathematicians hop, skip, and jump their way to a deeper number sense with the help of these printable handouts.
DK Publishing
Connect-the-dots Dinosaurs: Reading Numbers
Connecting dots activities can be great number sequencing practice. Here are two dinosaur dot-to-dot pictures that are intended to help learners count, sequence numbers up to 40, and recognize number words. Who doesn't love a good...
NWT Literacy Council
Readers Theatre Scripts
Engage and entertain young learners with this collection of readers theatre activities. With over 25 different scripts, a wide range of topics are covered from simple counting and rhyming exercises to adaptions of popular children's...
Curated OER
Calendar Time
Use circle time to work on counting. Kindergarteners practice the months of the year, say the full date, chart the day's temperature, count to 100, and sing the alphabet song. This kind of daily routine cultivates deep roots for...
Math 4 Children
Counting from 1 to 10
Early math learners count the number of balls in a row and write the number from 1 to 10. Help them connect the quantity of objects to the numeral using visuals to make clear that each number is one more than its predecessor. Provides...
T. Smith Publishing
Counting Turtles
What child is not drawn to turtles? Seven different groups of turtles are depicted on this handout for them to count. They write the number in a large box on the right side of the page. This simple activity helps to meet counting goals...
Curated OER
The Jellybeans and the Big Dance
Enchant your youngsters by reading them The Jellybeans and the Big Dance, by Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans. Ask them to name objects that begin with the letter J like jellybeans. Give each of them some jellybeans to sort by color....
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Nine in the Sky! Exploring the Number Nine
Many kindergarteners come to school with rote counting skills, but they often do not understand that the numbers they can recite actually represent quantities. This lesson helps to make that connection.
PBS
Pbs: A World of Stories: Ten Little Chicks/diez Pollitos
Count chicks in this fun game. Song available in Spanish and English.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Number Sense
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learning math through nursery rhymes.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Numbers 1 10
[Free Registration/Login Required] A variety of activities having to do with the numbers 1-10.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Count to 20
[Free Registration/Login Required] Counting to 20 and back to zero * Know the number names and recite them in order to at least 20, from and back to zero. * Count at least 20 objects. * Count forward and backward in ones.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Counting
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart has a series of activities that students will complete to help learn or review counting from 1-9. There is interactive counting practice, practice writing numbers, and Activote assessment.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Counting in Twos, Fives, and Tens
[Free Registration/Login Required] Counting in twos, fives and tens. * Describe and extend number sequences. * Count forward in twos from zero and then from one. * Count in steps of five from zero to twenty or more. * Counting,...
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Class Flow: Counting Lesson
[Free Registration/Login Required] Saxon Math Lesson 51 emphasizes the number 46 using ones, tens, even, and odd numbers.
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Class Flow: Counting Practice
[Free Registration/Login Required] All students use numbers, number systems and equivalent forms (including number words, objects, and graphs) to compute, estimate, and solve theoretical and practical problems.