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Level 1 - Activities to Practice Math Through Play
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Fun Ways to Practice Math
- Sing songs that involve counting such as “The Ants Go Marching,” “This Old Man,” “Five Little Ducks Went Out to Play,” or “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.”
- Touch and count out objects together. At snack time, say, “1, 2, 3, 4, 5. You have 5 crackers.” Move the crackers into a line or a circle and count again.
- Practice oral counting by making it fun. “Let’s count how many steps it takes to get to your room.”
- Use the illustrations in picture books to count as your read together. “I wonder how many vegetables Mr. McGregor planted in his garden. Let’s count them!”
- Ask for help with counting during everyday experiences. While cooking, say, “I need 6 mushroom. Can you count out 6 mushrooms for me?”
- Look for numerals when walking, driving. “I see the number 10. Let’s clap 10 times.”
- Go on a shape hunt around your house. When you find a shape, ask your child to name the shape, count the number of sides and talk about its features.
- Go on a walk and let your child collect some objects from nature. Ask your child to sort the objects by categories and count to see how many there are in each group.
- Ask your child to help put clean dishes away. While sorting the eating utensils into their place, have your child count how many of each you have.
- Play with playdough and make shapes or numbers (grown-ups, you can make shapes and numbers for them to use as a guide).
- When having a snack such as goldfish, crackers, grapes, etc., put your snack into two groups. Is one greater than, less than, or are they equal?
Level 1 - Math Lessons: Explore, Explain, Apply, Create
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Counting to answer the question “how many?”
Counting to answer the question “how many?”. (M.CC.p4.5)
- How many blocks do you have?
- Understands that the last number name tells how many
- Uses one-to-one correspondence when counting
The following links take you to fun videos!
Click here to see part 1 about counting and answering how many.
Click here to see part 2 about counting and answering how many.
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Matching numbers to objects for 1-10
Matching numbers to objects for 1-10. (M.CC.p4.4)
The following links take you to fun videos!
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Sort objects into categories and counts the number of objects in the category.
Sort objects into categories and counts the number of objects in the category. (M.MD.p4.3)
- Counts the number of objects in each category
- Makes comparisons between categories based on quantities (i.e. I have more goldfish than you.)
The following links take you to fun videos!
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Identify if a number of objects is greater than, less than or equal to another set of objects.
Identify if a number of objects is greater than, less than, or equal to another set of objects. (M.CC.p4.6)
The following links take you to fun videos!
Click here to learn the concept of greater, less, and equal.
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Demonstrates an understanding of the addition and subtraction by using objects.
Demonstrates an understanding of the addition and subtraction by using objects. (M.OA.p4.1)
- Using objects, fingers and acting out practical situations (i.e. If you have 2 cars and you add 2 trucks, how many vehicles will you have all together?)
The following links take you to fun activities!
