Using the Counting Songs (Classic Video Collection), students practice skip counting by all of the numbers by singing and counting along to these thirteen videos.
Using the Counting By Fives Song (Original Music Video), students practice skip counting by 5s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!
Using the Counting By Twos Song (Original Music Video), students practice skip counting by 2s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!
Using the Counting By Ones Song, students practice counting by ones to fifty by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!
Using the Counting By Ones Song (Original Music Video), students practice counting by 1s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!
Using theCount to 100 Song (MP3), students practice counting to 100 by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging song!
Using the Adding 1 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 1 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 1.
Use the Adding Songs (Lyric Video Collection) to practice adding and addition facts by singing and adding these 15 addition songs. Great for addition facts!
Using the Adding 8 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 8 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 8.
Using the Adding 10 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 10 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 10.
Using the Count to 120 Song (MP3), students practice counting to 120 by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging song!
Using the Adding 9 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 9 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 9.
Using the Adding 3 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 3 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 3.
Using the Counting By Tens Song (MP3), students practice skip counting by 10s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging song!
Using the Adding 15 Song (MP3), students sing and practice adding 15 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 15.
Using the Adding 14 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 14 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 14.
Using the Adding 6 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 6 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 6.
Using the Counting By Ones Song (MP3), students practice counting by 1s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging song!
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)VideosOpen 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: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
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: the brain holds on to what it meets again and again over time; spaced practice was rated among the very best methods (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: Counting Songs (Classic Video Collection), Counting By Fives Song (Original Music Video) and Counting By Twos Song (Original Music Video).
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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