It's never too early to begin a child's math education. This collection of fun hands-on activities engage youngsters in building their number sense as they learn how to count objects, identify numerals, compare amounts, and much more.

Concepts

counting, number sense, cardinality, one-to-one correspondence, counting by 1, counting to 10, comparing amounts, counting to 50

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use these activities as a series of teacher-led learning centers in pre-school or kindergarten classrooms
• Laminate the activity instructions and printable materials, allowing them to be reused year after year
• Use the included forms to record observations and notes about the development of children's number sense during each activity

Classroom Considerations

• Activities require the use of dice, Unifix® cubes, snap cubes, and other math manipulatives, which may need to be purchased if not already available at your school site

Pros

• Resource provides dozens of questions that teachers can use to support student learning
• Suggestions are offered for extending the activities included in this collection
• All necessary printable materials are included for each learning activity

Cons

• None

Common Core

K.CC.A.1 K.CC.A.2 K.CC.A.3 K.CC.B.4.a K.CC.B.4.b K.CC.B.4.c K.CC.B.5 K.CC.C.6 MP2 MP7