What comes in 2's 3's and 4's

Capture the engagement of young mathematicians with this hands-on sorting activity. Given a bag of objects, learners work independently sorting the items based on their physical attributes, counting to determine the size of each group....

Sorting is a great way to familiarize learners with basic shapes in this partner activity. Pairs have sixteen shape cards with various sizes and types of triangles, rectangles, hexagons, and squares. They have four category cards in...

From the apple on your desk and the coffee cup in your hand, to the cabinets along the classroom wall, basic three-dimensional shapes are found everywhere in the world around us. Introduce young mathematicians to the these common figures...

The hunt is on! Send young mathematicians on a search for shapes in the first lesson plan of this two-part series. Each time a child finds a hidden shape, he draws it on his paper, and continues searching for the rest. Perform this...

Looking for a good lesson on counting and sorting? This lesson is worth a look! For this classification lesson, learners sort buttons by color, shape, shiny verses not shiny, or number of holes.

Kindergartners play the classic game Go Fish as they practice identifying numbers in the teens. A fun and engaging activity that develops number recognition skills in young learners. As added support, provide cards that include both the...

Students sort objects and create patterns. In this sorting and graphing lesson, students work at centers to find a way to sort a group of objects, then make a graphical representation of the number of each item. Finally, students create...

Mathematicians examine everyday objects around the classroom to categorize them as two or three-dimensional. Following a group discussion, pairs work collaboratively to identify objects. Independently, scholars complete a practice page. 

Students utilize their own drawings of spiders to analyze and sort the attributes that each student drew.

Students view objects sorted by one characteristic and name that characteristic.  In this sorting rule lesson, students explore to find a new characteristic and write a description of that rule.  In early grades the rule might be supplied.