Numbers and operations

"Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers."

–Shakuntala Devi

Goals:

Students will be able to identify number names and write and identify the count sequence.
- For example, they are able to count to 100 and can start with any number when counting.
Students will be able to count to tell the number of objects.
Students will be able to answer the question "how many?"
When counting objects, students can pair each object with a number and each number with an object.

Books

The Twelve Days of Kindergarten book uses the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas song. This book uses both rhythm and repitition to introduce Kindergarteners to school. This helps students practice number names and couting backwards.

In Chicka Chicka 1-2-3, numbers 1-101 climb the coconut tree. The bumblebees feel threatened and aren't too happy about this. One number comes to save the day. Can you figure out which number it is? This helps students practice number names as well as counting in sequential order.

Ten Black Dots is a story that shows readers multiple different you can use black dots. The black dots can be used to make faces, shapes, eyes, and more. This helps students practice number names. Students can also use this concept to make their own objects with black dots, cotton balls, buttons, and more!

In How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten, different types of dinosaurs including a T-rex, triceratops, Ankylosaurus, and more are learning how to count. They learn to count using childrens toys. As they play with the childrens toys, they eventually reach ten. This helps students practice number names as well as counting in sequential order.

In Counting Crocodiles, all the monkey has to eat from is a lemon tree until one day she comes across a tree filled with bananas. This monkey has to find a way to outsmart the crocodiles that stand inbetween her and the tree. She counts the crocodiles one by one until she reaches ten. She does this forward and backward. This helps students practice number names as well as counting forward and backward in sequential order.

Activities

Building Number Sense by Matching Numbers to Quantities

In this activity, children will be matching number cards from a game of Uno or any deck of cards with dots on dominos. They will be able to practice finding every number combination on the dominos.

Egg Cracking Counting

In this activity, students will practice coutning and strengthening their fine motor skills. The object of the activity is to punch the correct number of holes on to each egg.

Counting Coins

In this activity, students can familiarize themselves with the different coins. If they have a piggy bank, they can practice their fine motor skills with putting the coins in the slot. Then, students can sort and count which coins they have more of.

Candy Kisses Game

In this game, students can practice counting, one-to-one correspondence and name recognition. They can draw a shape, write a name, etc. and count out many kisses it takes to line or fill the object.

Counting with Buttons and Muffin Cups

In this activity, numbers are written inside of muffin cups and can be placed in a muffin tin. An assortment of buttons, mini marshmallows, beads, etc. can be used as counters. This teaches counting and one-to-one correspondence.

Standards:

CC.2.1.K.A.1. Know number names and write and recite the count sequence.
CC.2.1.K.A.2. Apply one-to-one correspondence to count the number of objects.
CC.2.1.K.A.3. Apply the concept of magnitude to compare numbers and quantities.

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