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.
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 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.
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.
In this roll a turkey thanksgiving activity, Preschool to 1st Grade children roll a die, count the dots and color the matching turkey part to win. Answer key included.
This counting leaves number sequence activity lets kindergarten and 1st grade kids find missing numbers to 100 with fall leaf cards. Answer key 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.
In this count and write 0-20 activity, Preschool to 1st Grade children count dots on ten-frames and write each number, with an answer key included.
Using Count Back Activity, students count back from one number to another number to solve the subtraction equations.
Using One to One Correspondence Counting Numbers Activity, students count the objects on each card and pair each object card with the matching number name card.
This crayon number matching activity has preschool and kindergarten children count crayons from 1 to 12 and match each set to a numbered crayon box, with an answer key included for easy checking.
This missing number activity has K-2nd grade students find the missing number on 24 cookie cards by counting by 1s and 10s on a hundred chart. Answer key included, and it makes counting feel like a treat.
This Deep Sea Diving numbers recognition activity has PreK-1st grade students count sea animals in ten frames around the room, with recording sheets, a practice page and answer key included.
Count it, write it, show it
Kindergarten is the big counting year. Kids learn to count to 100 by ones and tens, read and write numbers from 0 to 20, and count objects one at a time, knowing the last number tells "how many." They learn to see small amounts at a glance (that's subitizing: five dots on a die, no counting needed), compare groups with more, less and the same, and see that 10 + 3 = 13 means ten ones and three more. The click moment is counting a pile of blocks and saying, "There are 12!" with total confidence.
Kindergarten number sense grows with counting every single day. Here's how we do it.
Flash a dot card for two seconds and kids call out how many without counting. Start with 1 to 5, then build to 10. Subitizing builds number sense fast and makes adding easier later.
Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withSubitize 1 to 10 Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Sing the Counting by Ones Song during calendar time and point to a hundreds chart as you go. Stop at random numbers and ask, "What comes next?" Daily counting with music builds a strong number line in their heads.
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 Ones SongSongsOpen it →Give kids a pile of small objects and have them touch each one as they count, sliding it to the side. Then ask, "How many?" Kids who say the last number without recounting truly understand counting.
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 withCount to 20 Objects WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Counting games that kindergarteners love to repeat.
ActivitiesKids match puzzle pieces with numerals, number words and dots. Every match is a mini win.
Open Number Matching Puzzle Activity →
WorksheetsCount to 100 together, marking each ten with a jump. Celebrate on the 100th day of school!
Open I Can Count to 100 Worksheet →
WorksheetsKids show the same number with dots, tally marks and fingers. How else can you show it?
Open Same Number Picture Representations Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Number Matching Puzzle Activity, Printable Dominoes and I Can Count to 100 Activity.
Kindergarteners learn to count to 100 by ones and tens, read and write numbers 0 to 20, count objects to tell how many, and compare groups.
Subitizing is seeing how many objects are in a small group without counting, like recognizing five dots on a die instantly.
Count everything: stairs, snacks, toys and cars. Have your child touch each object as they count, and ask "how many?" at the end.
It's common, especially in the teens. Practice with a number chart, counting songs and counting real objects slowly.
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