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.
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 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.
This numbers activity has PreK-1st grade students count farm animals on ten-frame clip cards and clip the matching number. Answer key included for hands-on counting practice from 1 to 10.
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 counting dice activity is a race to 100: kids roll a paper die, count the dots and count on along a 1 to 100 board. For kindergarten-1st grade, answer key included.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This one to one correspondence counting numbers activity has Kindergarten and 1st Grade children count buses and match numerals, number words and tally marks from 1 to 10. Answer key included.
Count on it, count by it, count it all
Counting grows a lot across the early grades. Kindergartners count to 100 by ones and tens and count up to 20 objects, knowing the last number tells how many. First graders count to 120, start counting on to add, and count back to subtract. In 2nd grade, kids skip count by 5s, 10s and 100s up to 1,000: 350, 360, 370, 380. The big click is seeing counting as patterns, which leads straight into place value, addition and multiplication.
Counting sticks with rhythm, real objects and lots of talking about how we counted. These are our go-to moves.
Pick one skip-counting song for the week, like counting by fives. Clap or jump on each number as you sing. By Friday, kids can count nickels or tally marks without missing a beat.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withCounting By Fives Song (Original Music Video)SongsOpen it →Give kids a pile of craft sticks and have them bundle groups of ten with rubber bands. Then count the bundles by tens and the loose sticks by ones. It turns counting big numbers into a quick and accurate job, and it sets up place value.
Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
Try it withUsing Base 10 Blocks to Write Numbers WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Show a picture with a set of dots or objects for a few seconds and ask, "How many? How did you know?" One child counted by twos, another saw five and three. Sharing strategies helps everyone count smarter, not just faster.
Why it works: using clear, consistent math words out loud is one of the U.S. Department of Education's recommendations for elementary math.
Try it withSame Number Picture Representations WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Counting games can be loud and active. These are classroom favorites.
WorksheetsPut a number line on the floor. Kids start at one number and hop forward to add.
Open Counting On to Add Worksheet →
WorksheetsCall out a number and kids jump forward for ten more or backward for ten less on a hundreds chart.
Open Ten More Ten Less Worksheet →
WorksheetsCover a few numbers on a chart and kids figure out which ones are hiding.
Open Finding the Missing Number Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Finding 10 More 10 Less Activity, Number Matching Puzzle Activity and Printable Dominoes.
By the end of kindergarten, kids count to 100 by ones and tens, count forward from any number, and count up to 20 objects to tell how many. They also write numbers from 0 to 20.
Skip counting is counting by a number other than one, like 2, 4, 6, 8 or 5, 10, 15, 20. It helps kids count faster and builds the base for multiplication.
Counting on is an addition strategy where kids start at the bigger number and count up. For 8 + 3, they say "8" and count 9, 10, 11. It's faster than counting both groups from one.
Use a hundreds chart and show how the pattern repeats: 98, 99, 100, 101. Count by tens past 100 to show the pattern too. Songs that count to 120 help the order stick.
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