Common Core: Counting and Cardinality
As set out by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in the Common Core State Standards Initiative. For more information, please visit the Counting and Cardinality domain at the Common Core State Standards website.
Series: Book Ideas
3 "Mathical" Counting Books with Winning Appeal
March 22, 2018
The Mathical Book Prize is an annual award organized by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI). With an aim to "inspire a love of mathematics in the everyday world in children of all ages," the winners…
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Baby Goes to Market, Atinuke, Count the Monkeys, Mac Barnett, 8: An Animal Alphabet, Elisha Cooper
Series: Book Ideas January 10, 2018
3 Children’s Books that Build an Understanding of Equivalency
Long before young children are writing equations with the equal sign, they are exploring how amounts that look different can actually be equivalent.
- Topic: Number Sense, Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
- Tags Books, Equivalence, Ellen Stoll Walsh, Eve Merriam, April Pulley Sayre, Balancing Act, Twelve Ways to Get to Eleven, One is a Snail Ten is a Crab
Series: Focus on Play July 25, 2017
A Race to Ten, Both Fun and Mathematical
Creating grid games from classroom materials can be a great opportunity for fun and mathematical discussions involving small sets.
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Subitizing, Games
Series: Focus on Play July 25, 2017
A Grid Game: The Math in Ten
Grid games can be some of the earliest experiences children have with board games. And they can be both fun and mathematical.
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Subitizing, Games
Series: Book Ideas June 27, 2017
Rules of Counting with Fingerplays and Books
Children need experiences and practice counting in different, flexible ways while learning the rules of counting. These books and the right questions can help.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Animals, Food, Books, Pat Hutchins, Eileen Christelow, Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, The Doorbell Rang
Series: Book Ideas June 7, 2017
Enjoy Counting Activities and Math Fun with a Traditional Mexican Festival
In Count Me In! by Cynthia Weill we follow a procession of Mexican folk culture while exploring counting and math concepts.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Culture, English Language Learner, Cynthia Weill, Count Me In!, Cuenta Conmigo
Series: Book Ideas February 15, 2017
Explore Estimation While Enjoying a Whopper of a Tale!
This book is a delightful way to start a discussion about estimation in the early grades. Is it reasonable that Hugh Thomas caught a million fish?
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Animals, Estimation, Subitizing, Books, Numerosity, A Million Fish...More or Less, Patricia McKissack
Series: Focus on the Lesson September 26, 2016
Attendance Routine to Build Number Sense
This Spanish-language example of a rekenrek attendance routine demonstrates how one teacher can mathematize an everyday activity.
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Rekenrek
Series: Book Ideas August 4, 2016
The Math in Learning Names
Do the children in your classroom know each other’s names? At winter break, are they still pointing to “that girl?” Doing activities in the early weeks of school that use the children’s own names will…
- Topic: Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Books, Kevin Henkes, Chrysanthemum, Juana Martinez-Neal, Alma and How She Got Her Name
Series: Focus on the Lesson June 25, 2016
Number Arrangements
Students create visual representations of different numbers. All children will benefit most from exploring number arrangements by beginning with 3 and moving up from that.
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Subitizing
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