Let's Count! (Teachers' Page)

Let's count to five! Read your primaries, Ten Black Dots, by Donald Crews while taking the time to count the dots on each page. Also count the number of days on a calendar. As guided practice, have your class count parts of their bodies,...

Although there isn't much to this counting instructional activity, there are some solid resources and practice ideas here for beginners. Hook youngsters by challenging them to count the number of days on the calendar up to today. Use the...

Counting is the theme of this compilation of ESL lessons. Through listening, speaking, and moving, your young learners take part in a variety of activities to enhance their English proficiency such as making menus and books,...

Agricultural survey and the documentation of livestock or goods was the basis for the first written language. Youngsters discuss sorting and counting, and how these skills have been used for thousands of years. They accent their class...

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.

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...

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 must-have...

Combine skills practice and a playful read aloud of Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll to enforce mathematical concepts in a learning game focusing on counting, adding, and subtracting up and down to 10. 

Here is a guide for teaching place value concepts to first graders. The guide includes collaborative learning station ideas and independent learning station ideas for pupils. The skills focused are skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s,...

Whether you're using a collection of Dr. Seuss books to teach basic math skills like counting, adding, and subtracting, or exploring the different states of matter by melting a crayon with a hairdryer, a series of 11 fun activities...