How Many Ways Can You Count?

How many ways can you arrange ten mice? After listening to the story, Mouse Count by Ellen Stone Walsh, it's the young scholars' turn to figure out how their mice can be organized, with some inside a jar and some out. Using visual and...

Don't skip over this collection of elementary math activities. Offering three different collaborative tasks that engage children in learning how to skip count, as well as a skills practice worksheet, these materials would make a great...

How many tallies do you see? Learners examine eighteen sets of tally marks with values from 1-18, writing the number value beside them. Depending on how you want to use this, you may want to cut these out and have learners rearrange them...

Young mathematicians are on their feet and moving around in this primary grade sorting activity. After giving each child an object or picture card, they then sort themselves into groups, counting to see which has the most or least...

Counting by tens out loud, flip charts, and blocks, sounds like a perfect 1st grade lesson. The class practices counting by tens using blocks, they add ten blocks at a time and use a flip digit chart to aid in numerical recognition. The...

Take stroll around the classroom while teaching young mathematicians to count fluently with this whole-group math activity. The teacher starts things off by walking around the room while counting up from the number one and continues...

Young learners skip their way to a deeper number sense with this fun fall-themed math instructional activity. Starting with a couple of whole group activities introducing skipping counting by twos and fives, children practice these...

A real astronaut in a space ship counts down from 10. When he reaches 10, a rocket blasts off. This would be a wonderful way to practice counting down. It's motivating!

Add a little music to your counting instruction! Count and read numbers one to ten in a song accompanied by a guitar and drums.   

Looking for a good way to help your young mathematicians become profiecient and confident when counting from 1 - 10? This lesson plan is for you! Learners listen as you read books about counting. As you're reading, whenever they hear a...