A collection of our many ideas for kindergarten math activities and the thinking that takes place in kindergarten. For young children exploring activities, thinking, and math games can be a healthy part of children’s first experiences with math. Here are the many resources we have on our website.
Kindergarten Math
Series: Focus on the Child
Composing Shapes with Child 12
March 2, 2013
A child composes a 6-pointed star shape using pattern blocks in multiple ways.
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Correction, Problem Solving, English Language Learner, Child 12
Series: Focus on the Child March 2, 2013
Growing Patterns with Child 32
A child attempts to find what comes next in a pattern.
- Topic: Pattern
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 32
Series: Ideas at Work March 1, 2013
Analyzing Data with Surveys
Heather Duncan did a particularly striking job of explaining how she and her kindergartners at South Shore Elementary have made collecting data from surveys and discussing them a regular part of their classroom life.
- Topic: Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
Series: Focus on the Child March 1, 2013
Growing Patterns with Child 33
A student takes a look at a pattern of blocks of increasing quantity.
- Topic: Pattern
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 33
Series: Focus on the Child March 1, 2013
Describing and Drawing Shapes with Child 14
A kindergartner explains how to draw a rectangle. Later he finds a new shape to draw in the classroom.
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Child 14
Series: Ideas at Work February 28, 2013
Working “Through” Math with English Language Learners
It is tough learning two new languages at once. In the case of ELLs, the two “languages” are often English and math.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner
Series: Focus on the Child February 28, 2013
Growing Patterns with Child 30
A student identifies a pattern of increasing quantity.
- Topic: Pattern
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Child 30
Series: Book Ideas February 27, 2013
Using Photobooks for Data Analysis
Tana Hoban and Ann Morris are both gifted children’s book authors who combine minimal text with wonderful photos that beg to be pored over again and again. Many of them are organized around ideas that…
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Shoes, Books, Tana Hoban, Ann Morris, Shapes Shapes Shapes, Cubes Cones Cylinders & Spheres, Shoes Shoes Shoes, Bread Bread Bread
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 Anno’s Counting Book, Mitsumasa Anno, Nature, Seasonal
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 Herve Tullet, Press Here, Ten Black Dots, Donald Crews, Books, Numerosity
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