Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: k.cc.a.2 Count Forward Beginning From a Given Number
Choose from a variety of tasks to practice counting forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Fast Food Freddie Surveys and Bar Graphs
Students continue to build their graphing skills. They experience a real world application of graphing by organizing survey results.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Four for You! Exploring the Number Four
Students will be able to identify the number four, identify groups with four objects and represent the number four.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Ten Frame
Play these four games to practice counting and adding to twenty.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: I Am Five! Exploring the Number Five
Students will be able to identify the number five, identify groups with five objects and represent the number five.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Match Me!
Kids love to count and build puzzles. This activity encourages them to do both! The kids count objects on puzzle pieces and match the groups of objects to the correct number.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Nine in the Sky! Exploring the Number Nine
Many kindergarteners come to school with rote counting skills, but they often do not understand that the numbers they can recite actually represent quantities. This lesson helps to make that connection.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: I See Two. Do You? Exploring the Number Two
Students will be able to identify the number two, identify groups with two objects and represent the number two.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: One Is Fun! Exploring the Number One
Students will be able to identify the number one, identify groups with one object and represent the number one.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Towers, Towers, Towers 6 10
This lesson is the sequel to Towers! Towers! Towers! 1-5. Students continue to develop their sense of quantity as they build successive taller towers.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Let It Roll! Reviewing Numbers 1 6
The students have been working with the numbers 1-6. Now it's time for them to show what they know with this interactive and fun review.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Count With Me! 1 2 3 Exploring the Number Three
Many kindergarteners come to school with rote counting skills, but they often do not understand that the numbers they can recite actually represent quantities. This lesson plan helps to make that connection. This lesson plan contains...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Counting Beyond Our Fingers and Toes
Learners will practice counting from 1-30 and having one-to-one correspondence with objects for these numbers. Also, they will practice finding patterns on a hundreds chart. This lesson includes a detailed plan, videos of students...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Count by 10's
Numbers don't stop at 20! This lesson looks at the numbers beyond 20 using the book "The Cheerios Counting Book" by Barbara Barbieri McGrath. This lesson includes a detailed plan, links to center ideas, a printable worksheet, and a video...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Count to 100
Numbers don't stop at 20! This lesson looks at the numbers beyond 20 by playing a fun game with a 100 Chart! This lesson includes a detailed plan, links to center ideas, a printable worksheet, and a video explanation.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Greedy Gordy Can't Decide Working With Venn Diagrams
Students have been working with pictographs and bar graphs. Now they take their learning a step further by working with Venn Diagrams.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Number Bubble Count to 100
Number Bubble: Count to 100 is an educational game for kids to practice number sequence. Children must fill in the missing numbers by popping bubbles and dropping the numbers on the correct spaces.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Eight Friends! Exploring the Number Eight
Many kindergarteners come to school with rote counting skills, but they often do not understand that the numbers they can recite actually represent quantities. This lesson helps to make that connection.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Roll Me!
Students strengthen their 1-6 counting skills by rolling a die, counting the number of dots, counting out that number of objects, and recording their actions on a white board.
PBS
Pbs: Count on It!: Episode 203 Blossom and Snappy Go to the Farm, Part I
Blossom and Snappy decide to surprise Robbie by making her a pumpkin pie using math in some creative ways. They visit a pumpkin farm, dairy farm, and a dairy plant, finding out all the ways math is used in each of these places.
PBS
Pbs: Count on It!: Episode 201 Math Is Everywhere, Part I
Blossom and Snappy use counting to answer their questions about quantity. They eat popcorn and try to find out who has more. They go to an ice cream shop where they count ice cream containers using multiplication, and they use math to...
PBS
Pbs: Count on It!: Blossom and Snappy Go to the Post Office
Blossom and Snappy help Digit mail a surprise package to Robbie. They visit the post office and postal processing plant to see how it all works.
PBS
Pbs: Count on It!: Episode 207 Blossom and Snappy Learn About Utilities
Blossom and Snappy help Robbie prepare for a dinner party. They make a decorative centerpiece out of postage stamps. In order to help Robbie, they decide to pay her bills for her. In doing this, Blossom and Snappy visit and learn about...
PBS
Pbs: A World of Stories: Ten Little Chicks/diez Pollitos
Count chicks in this fun game. Song available in Spanish and English.