Sense-Ability

"How can you help students visualize numbers in a way that is compatible with our base-ten number system?" The answer is simple: use ten-frames. Whether they're being used as a part of classroom routines or as instructional tools, this...

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.

Elementary learners listen to a story, then sort objects from largest to smallest at six different stations around the classroom. Adaptable for a large range of age and ability groups. 

Young mathematicians hop, skip, and jump their way to a deeper number sense with the help of these printable handouts.

Young children will have a blast learning how to count these monster math manipulatives. Provided with a series of boxes numbered from 1 to 10, learners must place the correct number of monsters in each space to demonstrate their ability...

Practice and play this game to enhance your learner's ability to make the number 10 through addition. Each slide shows an equation with a missing addend and a party hat with a given number of dots, they need to determine how many dots...

Explore the human body through hands-on activities. Young learners will trace their bodies and place cut out body organs in the proper place, print patterns using cut fruit, sing songs about good nutrition, and use their five senses...

This clip is great for building number sense. A boy counts by 5's. He counts fish and fingers by 5s.

Use this video to explain the number zero to your beginning counters. It asks various questions to consider about number sense.

Is today's number nine? No, it's number sixteen! The number sixteen tell us that she vows to be greater than fifteen but less than seventeen. This is a great opportunity to encourage number-sense by asking your class what she meant.