Math Activities. Number Sense. Monster numbers. We just met as an entire district grade level to go over our new common core assessment packets and were discussing how much number sense and learning to write and utilize numbers 0-10 there is in just the first nine weeks of school. Is your pacing anything similar? Well, I wasn’t sure how much I was going to use the monster numbers audio book that I created this summer, but my kinders are loving it so far and it is beginning to help me accomplish working towards mastery of these standards with my kinders.
It talks about the process of counting 1:1 all the way up to four as an example and then goes into well-known chants to practice forming the numerals correctly. My kinders have begun to pick up on the chants quickly and I am including a set of the chants to go home with our parents at our parent night this week.
Hopefully these will earn some at-home fridge space for a few weeks. I am looking forward to growing into some of the other pieces of the monster numbers set. More Math. Onswipe.education. Your child's room may not always be orderly, but her number sense will be after learning how to play this card game. Your kid will practice numerical sequencing by placing cards in order by their numbers and suits. It's a wonderful way to help her get a handle on counting, patterns and numerical order.
What You Need: Deck of cards 2 or more players What You Do: Ask your child to shuffle the cards and distribute them evenly among the players. Request that any players who have 7s in their hands place them in a row in the center of the table. The Importance of 10. Yesterday, I posted about effective fact practice. Developing automaticity with addition and subtraction facts begins with subitizing, which is why it's so important that our Kinder babies get a lot of practice with that skill. The next building building block is knowing combinations for 5 and 10.
If a student has instant recall of 3 + 7, it sets the stage for knowing 4 + 7. That's the idea behind teaching facts with a strategy-based approach. Here's a quick and easy little workstation using ordinary playing cards (remove the face cards) to practice combinations for 10. Notice that by using the playing cards and ten-frames, it is a representational (from CRA) activity, which is better for conceptual understanding that abstract flash cards.
Find these making 10 activities at my TpT store: Common Core: Number Bond FlashcardsCommon Core: Missing Parts FlashcardsCommon Core: Make 10 Four-in-a-Row Number Combinations to 10. Maths. Woodlands Maths Zone - Fun interactive maths games. Get Smart Maths Stage 1 Number. Teaching material. Schools - Ages 4-11. Iboard player. Nrich.maths.org. Songs.