This finding 10 more 10 less activity helps 1st and 2nd grade children use a hundred chart to find 10 more and 10 less. Practice page and answer key included.
This number matching puzzle activity has preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade children count ten-frame pictures and match them to numbers 1 to 10. An answer key is included for quick checking.
A printable dominoes activity for preschool to 3rd grade: 28 domino cards, two counting and addition games, a recording sheet and a practice page. Answer key included for quick checking.
Using Counting Groups of 10 Activity, students use the ten frames to count by ten all the way to 120 to build number sense.
This subtracting 10 using a number line activity helps 1st and 2nd grade students take away tens by hopping back on a number line. An answer key is included for easy checking.
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.
Using More Fewer Activity, studentscompare sets of more and less and feed your hippo to build their number sense skills.
Using Numbers Activity, students practice counting and number identification with the Old McDonald Clip Cardactivity in order to build their counting fluency.
This number matching activity helps preschool to 1st grade children count ten-frame pictures and match them to the numbers 1 to 10. A practice page and answer key are included.
This compose and decompose numbers 11-19 activity has kindergarten and 1st grade children build teen numbers as ten and ones with ten-frames, counters and matching cards. Answer key included.
This ordinal numbers racecar activity is a spin-and-park race game for kindergarten to 3rd grade that practices first through eighth. A practice page and answer key are included.
This decomposing a ten frame activity helps kindergarten to 2nd grade students match ten frames to facts that make 10, with a practice page and answer key included.
This candy hearts skip counting activity has 1st to 3rd grade students put heart number cards in order by 2s, 5s and 10s, then practice on a worksheet. Answer key included for easy checking.
This rainy day skip counting activity has 1st and 2nd grade students put umbrella number cards in order by 2s, 5s and 10s, then practice on a worksheet. Answer key included for quick checking.
Using this Counting Dice Activity, students practice counting to 100 by rolling a die to move to the finish line!
Count and match gumball jars in this gumball jar counting activity for PreK to 1st grade. Children match jars of 1 to 15 gumballs to numbers, then practice on a worksheet. Answer key included.
Using this Take Me Out to the Ballgame Inequalities Activity, students compare two sets of dots by using inequality symbols to build comparison skills.
This counting leaves number sequence activity lets kindergarten and 1st grade kids find missing numbers to 100 with fall leaf cards. Answer key included.
Sort and order apple number cards to skip count by 5s, 10s and 100s with this hands-on math game for 1st to 3rd grade, plus a recording sheet and practice page. An answer key is included.
This counting on to 120 activity has kids pick a lily pad card, count on five more on a 120 chart and write the numbers. For kindergarten-1st grade with an answer key included.
All the way to 120 and back!
First graders become counting champions. By the end of the year they count to 120, starting from any number, not just 1. They read and write numbers to 120 and skip count by 2s, 5s and 10s. They also learn that two-digit numbers are made of tens and ones, so 34 is 3 tens and 4 ones. Counting on becomes a strategy for adding: to solve 8 + 3, start at 8 and count "9, 10, 11." The click is when a child counts past 100 and realizes the pattern just keeps going!
Counting in 1st grade is about patterns, not just numbers in a row. These moves help kids see them.
Play a counting by fives song while kids jump on every number. Then turn the music off and see if they can keep going. Songs give kids a rhythm to hang skip counting on, and they will be singing it all day.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withCounting By Fives Song (Original Music Video)SongsOpen it →Give kids a pile of straws and have them bundle groups of ten with a rubber band. Then count the bundles and the extras: "3 tens and 4 ones is 34." Making the tens themselves shows kids why counting by tens works.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withUsing Base 10 Blocks to Write Numbers WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Count to 100 or 120 as a class every morning, starting from a different number each day. A two-minute count, every day, all year, builds number sense better than a single counting unit.
Why it works: short practice spread over several days beats one long session, according to a large review of learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withI Can Count to 100 WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Counting is the perfect excuse to get kids moving.
VideosTurn on a count by twos song and dance from number to number. Freeze when the music stops!
Open Counting By Twos Song (Original Music Video) →
WorksheetsKids fill in the missing numbers when counting by fives, then wave a high five for each one.
Open Count Fives Fill in the Blank Worksheet →
WorksheetsCount bundles of tens and loose ones to find the treasure number.
Open Counting Tens Ones Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Finding 10 More 10 Less Activity, Number Matching Puzzle Activity and Printable Dominoes.
By the end of 1st grade, kids should count to 120, starting from any number. They should also read and write numbers to 120.
Skip counting means counting by a number other than 1, like 2, 4, 6, 8 or 5, 10, 15, 20. It builds the foundation for multiplication later on.
Point out that the pattern repeats: after 100 comes 101, 102 and so on, just like 1, 2, 3 with a 1 in front. A hundreds chart that goes to 120 makes the pattern easy to see.
It is very common, especially around tricky spots like 13, 15, 19 and the jump to the next ten. Practice counting together slowly and point to each number on a chart as you say it.
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