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Tips for Teaching Numbers and Shapes
Tips for Teaching Numbers and Shapes
Practice counting 1-20: just practice, practice, practice! (count steps to the couch, hop and count, count with a clapping rhythm, etc)
Count random objects: place objects (counters; cereal, etc) in a line; have students point and count
Use sidewalk chalk to write 1-20. Make a hopscotch game! Say the numbers as you hop!
Roll the Die
Roll the Die
- Roll the die
- How many?
- Write the #
- Pick out that many counters, cereal, etc
- Subitize - look at the dots on the die and tell how many without counting!
- Roll two dice and add the dots together.
Shapes & Numbers Toss
Shapes & Numbers Toss
- Write #s 1-20 on different shapes (use index cards, post-it notes, paper, etc). For an added challenge, make them different colors too!
- Spread the numbers out on floor
- Toss the beanbag (a rolled up sock works too!)
- Name the number and shape it lands on
- Do a motion (hop up and down, march in place, etc) that # of times
- Switch it up and call out the # or shape you want your child to find and jump on
I Spy Shapes
I Spy Shapes
- Go on a walk around your house or outside
- What shapes do you see?
- Can you find things shaped like a circle?
- Can you find things shaped like a square?
- Can you find things shaped like a rectangle?
- Can you find things shaped like a triangle?
Printable Resources
Printable Resources
Dot Cards.docx.pdfNumber Cards 1-20.pdfNumber Writing 1-5.pdf
Math TalksPattern Cards.pdfNumbers 1-10 Game Board.pdfCounting Cards.pdfPage updated
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