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: Focus on the Child
Using Number Paths with Child 9
March 4, 2013
A child counts forwards and backwards using a number line with hidden digits.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 9
Series: Focus on the Child March 3, 2013
Parts & Wholes with Child 27
A child computes how many are missing from a larger group.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, Correction, Child 27, Grit
Series: Ideas at Work March 2, 2013
Down with Naked Numbers
All kinds of confusion can result when children are asked to rattle off the numbers from 1 to 10 or 20 or higher without actually counting something. In our learning labs and activities we are…
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Subitizing, Games
Series: Ideas at Work February 27, 2013
Numbers and Fun with Anno’s Counting Book
After reading Anno’s Counting Book, Nancy Beza at Waters Elementary encouraged her preschoolers to make a list of objects that could be found in a winter scene—snowflakes, trees, etc. Each student created an object from…
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Seasonal, Nature, Mitsumasa Anno, Anno’s Counting Book
Series: Book Ideas February 25, 2013
The Math in Dots
Melinda Chum is one of many teachers who have found great ways to do math with Donald Crews’ wonderful picture book 10 Black Dots. Children love going through the pages, exploring how 2 black dots…
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Books, Numerosity, Donald Crews, Ten Black Dots, Press Here, Herve Tullet
Series: Hear from the Experts February 25, 2013
Myths of Early Mathematics (Part 1)
Jennifer McCray, director of Erikson's Early Math Collaborative, addresses some myths about early math. Counting is, in fact, complicated!
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K
Series: Focus on the Child February 24, 2013
Learning the Counting Words with Child 4
A child counts as high as he can.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 4
Series: Book Ideas February 22, 2013
All Sorts of Mitten Math
Olivia Trevino’s preschool class at Marsh Elementary School took advantage of all the winter weather to explore picture books about mittens. The Mitten by Jim Aylesworth and The Mitten by Alvin Tresselt are two delightful…
- Topic: Pattern, Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K
- Tags Animals, Seasonal, Books, Stuart J Murphy, The Mitten, Jim Aylesworth, Alvin Tresselt, One Mitten, Kristine O'Connell George, The Mitten Tree, Candace Christiansen, Missing Mittens
Series: Hear from the Experts February 18, 2013
Myths of Early Mathematics (Part 2)
Jennifer McCray, director of Erikson's Early Math Collaborative, continues her talk on some of the most common misconceptions about early math education.
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K
Series: Hear from the Experts February 17, 2013
Myths of Early Mathematics (Part 3)
Jennifer McCray, director of Erikson's Early Math Collaborative, continues her talk on some of the major misunderstandings about what goes into teaching mathematics to young students. In this section, she focuses on how children gradually…
- Topic: Number Sense, Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K
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