I Can Count to 100 Activity
Kids put color-coded number strips and tens cards in order with this I Can Count to 100 activity for kindergarten to 2nd grade. A practice page and answer key are included for quick checking.
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How to Teach Counting to 100
Counting to 100 by ones and by tens is one of the first big number goals in kindergarten, and this I Can Count to 100 activity turns that goal into a hands-on game. Children put color-coded number strips in order from 1 to 100, then line up the tens cards to count to 100 by tens. Saying each number while touching it builds the one-to-one counting and number order that later addition, place value and the hundred chart all depend on.
Print the number cards one-sided, cut on the dashed lines and mix up the strips. Each strip shows five numbers in a row, and the two strips that share a color make one row of ten, so children always have a clue about what comes next. Students find the strip that starts with 1, lay the next strip beside it and keep going until they reach 100. Then they put the ten gold tens cards in order. The colorful Hundred Chart page lets children check their own rows, and the practice worksheet asks them to count on and fill in the missing numbers. This kindergarten counting activity works well for 1st and 2nd grade review, too.
What’s Included
- A colorful cover page
- A How to Use page with materials, prep steps and simple game directions
- 30 number cards on five cut sheets: 20 color-coded number strips and 10 tens cards
- A Hundred Chart page for checking the rows
- A count-on practice worksheet
- An answer key for the number cards and an answer key for the practice worksheet
Here are three reasons this activity helps kids. First, moving real cards into order lets students see that every number has a place and a neighbor. Second, the color coding groups the numbers into tens, so children start to notice the pattern that repeats in every row of the hundred chart. Third, the practice page checks that students can count on from any number, not only from 1.
Teachers and parents can extend the fun by taking away one strip and asking a partner to name the missing numbers, by timing how long it takes a pair to reach 100, or by having children read the tens cards aloud as a quick daily warm-up. The I Can Count to 100 activity fits math centers, small groups and homeschool lessons, and it pairs well with the resources below.
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Esther H. (verified owner) –
I love this I can count to 100 activity. It is a great activity for the hundredth day of school.