What Number Skills do Children Need to Know?
Number and Counting
Kindergarten students are working towards being able to:
- make sets of objects that match a given numeral e.g 3 blocks for the numeral "3"
- know the number name for a set of objects e.g saying "2" when presented with a set of two blocks
- match different numerals to groups of objects
- match numerals with pictures of objects and as two parts, e.g.1 blue block and 4 orange for the number
- compare quantities from 1 to 10 by: using one-to-one correspondence, by making sets and comparing sets that show more than, fewer than or as many as another set
- say what number comes before or next up to 10
- glance at sets of objects (1-5) and say how many they see e.g. 5 blocks on the table
- count by 1s, 5s, and 10s to 100 with understanding of what it means
Whole number operations (adding, subtracting, etc.)
Kindergarten students are working towards being able to:
- understand and show with objects or pictures what the words "addition and subtraction" mean
- estimate numbers of objects - tell about how many blocks are on the floor
Fractions
Kindergarten students are working towards being able to:
- cut real objects into halves, quarters, etc.
- understand what the words "half, quarter, thirds, halves, quarters" mean
Go from "Number skills" back to "number activities"
Math activities table of contents:
How to teach math successfully:
Teaching kindergarten and preschool math - how kids learn math
Kindergarten and preschool math - What skills do I teach?
Teaching math with manipulatives:
Teaching with math manipulatives- helping students get it...
Ten steps to teaching with math manipulatives - an example...
Best math manipulatives - choose products that teach more than one math concept
Teaching math vocabulary:
Vocabulary - how to teach math vocabulary
Specific areas of the math curriculum:
GEOMETRY & SPATIAL SENSE
GEOMETRY - What geometry and spatial skills should I teach? Geometry activities
ATTRIBUTE BLOCKS -Teach logical thinking, geometry and spacial sense
SORTING - Develop classification skills with kindergarten sorting games
CLASSIFICATION - teach classification vocabulary an skills with games
SYMMETRY -Teach early learners about symmetry
GEOMETRY GAMES - simple games that reinforce geometry concepts
PATTERN
Pattern 1- what pattern skills do students need to learn? Teaching tips
Pattern 2- ideas and games to recognize, create, copy and extend patterns
Pattern page three - help children know what you mean when you say"pattern"
NUMBER SENSE
Number Activities - how to provide experiences that build number sense
Learning Numbers - more activities to help children learn numbers
Number Games - how to improve children's number sense with easy games
Number Skills - what number skills do children need to know?
GRAPHING AND DATA ENTRY
Graphing 1 - what do I teach? how do kids collect data and organize it?
Graphing 2 - what do we graph? sample graphing lesson
Check out the SCIENCE section for more graphing and data collection ideas
MEASUREMENT
Teaching measurement - measurement skills and ideas to teach them
MONEY
Teach about money skills & activities
Teach about money with games
Teach about money with fundraising projects
CONNECT MATH AND LITERATURE
Math & literature connections - books increase mathematical thinking
Ten Apples Up On Top! - open-ended math activity with a Dr. Suess book...
10 Little Rubber Ducks - ideas to promote math with this wonderful Eric Carle story
1, 2, 3 to the Zoo - practice counting, making number sets, ordinal numbers and more
One Hundred Hungry Ants - practice counting larger numbers and comparing single file to sets of 10s
Share your favorite book that connects math to literature
Math index- just math pages
