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 lesson, 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 calendar for...

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,...

Counting by tens out loud, flip charts, and blocks, sounds like a perfect 1st grade instructional activity. 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...

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.

Engage young mathematicians in building their number sense with this set of ten frame printables. Whether you're teaching pupils how to count, add, or subtract, these tools offer children tremendous support with developing their basic...

Students practice skip counting. In this skip counting lesson, students count by 10's up to 50. They watch a demonstration and then work in a small group on a hands-on cutting activity to practice this skill. The lesson contains an...

Young learners explore counting to ten. First they practice rote counting in a variety of silly voices. They count while others clap and construct a counting book. Includes an excellent warm-up exercise in making AB, ABB, and ABC...

Bean counters connect cubes to compose and decompose the number 20. They use sticks with beans glued onto them to model and make bundles of 100. Terrific teacher tips, printable handouts, and plenty of other resources make this...

Primary graders explore, examine, and hypothesize how many seeds are in a small apple. Then they pry the seeds from their cut apple to count and verify their hypotheses. They listen to a reading of the book Ten Little Apple Seeds by...