Kindergarten 

Course Overview

The big ideas in kindergarten include: representing and comparing whole numbers, initially with sets of objects; understanding and applying addition and subtraction; and describing shapes and space. More time in kindergarten is devoted to numbers than to other topics.

The mathematical work for kindergarten is partitioned into 8 units:

Math in Our World

Numbers 1–10

Flat Shapes All Around Us

Understanding Addition and Subtraction

Composing and Decomposing Numbers to 10

Numbers 0–20

Solid Shapes All Around Us

Putting it All Together

In these materials, particularly in units that focus on addition and subtraction, teachers will find terms that refer to problem types, such as Add To, Take From, Put Together or Take Apart, Compare, Result Unknown, and so on. These problem types are based on common addition and subtraction situations, as outlined in Table 1 of the Mathematics Glossary section of the Next Generation Learning Standards.