2nd Six Weeks

Kindergarten Math Resources for families

Does your kindergartner understand addition and subtraction?

¿Sabes si tu niño de kínder entiende la suma y la resta?

Ask your child to gather 4 or 5 small objects, then to separate the objects into two groups and tell a joining story. For example, your child might say, “There are 4 puppies playing. One more puppy comes to play. Now there are 5 puppies playing. The number sentence is 4 + 1 = 5.”
Similarly, your child can tell separating stories about the objects and write subtraction sentences to match. For example, “There are 5 frogs on a log; 4 frogs jump into the water. Now there is 1 on the log.” (5 – 4 = 1)

Game: Marble Math Addition

Game: Balloon Subtraction

Addition Stories

Subitize- to instantly recognize the number being represented by a small quantity of objects in random and organized arrangements

Ask, "How many do you see?"

Game: Concentration

For example, say, "Count to 60, beginning with 27."

Counting Cards

Number Chart: 1 - 60

Count to 50

Arrange 9 or 10 small items (such as beans, pennies, or buttons) in a circle. Ask your child to count them. Next, arrange the items into two rows. Ask, “If you count the beans now, will there still be 9 (10)?”
Have your child practice counting other groups of up to 10 objects in his/her environment, then counting backwards as he/she puts the objects back.

Count Forward within 10

Counting 10

Count Backward from 10

Play the license plate game with numbers as you walk through your neighborhood. Have them look for a 1 on a license plate. Then find a 2, then a 3, and so on.
Show the numbers 0 - 10 in as many ways as you can (pictures, objects, and numbers).

Writing Numbers up to 10

Game: Represent up to 10

Ask your child to gather 10 small objects or toys and to tell you take apart/put together stories about them. For example, “There are 6 frogs. Two frogs sit on a log, and 4 frogs play in the water.”
Encourage your child to use small objects to show various number bonds for numbers 6 through 10. For example, if the whole is 8 beans, your child might break it apart into 3 beans and 5 beans. Be sure your child includes 0 as a part in some number bonds.

Read Together: The Perfect Ten Problem

Game: Composing 10

Game: Decomposing 10

Play Counting Hearts: Separate all the heart cards, ace-10, from the rest of the deck. Scramble the heart cards so that they are not in number order. Invite your child to count the number of hearts that appear in the center of each card. Then have your child arrange the cards in number order and tell how the number of hearts on each card is one more than on the previous card; for example, “Six hearts. One more is seven!” Play again, but ask which card is one less.
Gather two small groups of beans, buttons, or counters. Include one more item in the first group than the second. Say, “Let’s count the beans in this group...six! Now, let’s count the beans in this group...eight!” Ask your child, “Which group has one less?”

How-To Video: Compare Sets

Comparing Number Values

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