Curated OER
Counting Seeds
Students practice skip counting strategies, estimation, and higher number addition. They estimate the number of seeds in bell pepper, and count seeds in groups of tens and ones after the teacher removes seeds from the pepper.
Mixing in Math
Take Ten: Make Cleaning Up More Fun with Predictions and Counting
Class members predict and count how many items need to be cleaned up in class while skip counting by 10s. They estimate whether having each child clean up 10 items will be enough to get the room ready for the next day. Everyone counts...
Curated OER
Pick a Number, Counting On
This is a quick learning game that can be played on a daily basis during transitions or as a part of the morning meeting. Using number cards or numbers placed on sticks, pick a number at random. Read the number to the class and then ask...
Curated OER
Count by Tens
In this early childhood counting worksheet, students practice their math skills as they count by 10s to solve 6 word problems.
Curated OER
Color Me Red If I Am a Ten
Young scholars count aloud by tens. They use a number chart to color in every number that ends in a zero and then participate in choral counting by tens.
Curated OER
Ten by Ten
Learners participate in hands-on activities using a hundreds chart and counting toes and fingers. They discover the patterns that are created when counting by ten. After a lecture/demo, students practice by using a worksheet embedded in...
Education World
Counting with Marshmallows and Licorice
Here's a tasty lesson on place value! Learners practice counting by ones and tens using mini-marshmallows and licorice sticks. They count and add the mini-marshmallows, and use the licorice sticks to represents tens.
Curated OER
JoJo's Circus: 100 Days and Counting and Hoop Happy
Students watch an episode of JoJo's Circus on the Disney Channel. While viewing, they note how many things they see represented by the number 100. As a class, they practice counting numbers by tens and end the lesson by dancing to music.
Granite School District
Activities that Build Number Sense
Have fun while building the number sense of young mathematicians with this list of ten-frame learning games. From developing cardinality and counting skills to learning place value and basic addition strategies, ten-frames are excellent...
Curated OER
Tens and Ones
Learners view three problems involving adding or subtracting with ones and tens. Each problem is followed by an explanation and an answer as to how the problem should be done. Note: This resource contains incorrect grammar and could be...
Curated OER
Zero is Our Hero
Students use construction paper to make a set of folding cards that initially hide a zero and then open to reveal a new number. They put their cards into sequential order and recognize numbers as they count by ten.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Wheels All Around
Budding mathematicians explore the concept of skip counting. They practice skip counting as they use it to determine the number of wheels that come to school at 3 different times throughout the day. They also create a data graph to show...
Curated OER
Numbers 1-20
Count along as a class! Each slide contains a number and objects to count, 1-20. The images are fun and as they reach 10+ are grouped by ones and tens. This resource could be used in a variety of ways, is well put together, and has fun...
Have Fun Teaching
Base 10 Blocks
Base ten blocks are a great tool for teaching young mathematicians about a number of math concepts, unfortunately they aren't always available to teachers. That is, until now. This printable resource allows all children the opportunity...
Curated OER
Working with 10s and 1s, Part 2
Practice place value by visualizing 10s and 1s. First graders count the cubes in each place, then write the total number at the bottom. In one particularly helpful section, they draw the cubes that will add up to a given number. Bring in...
Curated OER
Make Ten Bundles
How many rolls until you get to 100? Young mathematicians will have a blast with this place value game, which has them rolling a die and placing a corresponding number of popsicle sticks in the "ones" column of their mat. Once they get...
Illustrative Mathematics
“Crossing the Decade” Concentration
Young mathematicians concentrate on learning to fluently count. Following the rules of the classic game Memory, children take turns flipping over cards in order to find pairs of numbers that cross a decade (e.g. 29 and 30). For younger...
Illustrative Mathematics
Hundred Chart Digit Game
Math games, especially in the primary grades, provide great opportunities for developing the number sense of young mathematicians. Working in pairs with a deck of single-digit cards, students take turns drawing two cards and reading the...
Curated OER
10 More or 10 Less?
Take a rocket to the stars with using a math worksheet. Here, four sets of alien saucers, moons, rockets, and stars prompt young learners to match numbers with one more or ten more. Color the pictures for extra fun when students are...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Numbers 11-19
Develop the concept that numbers from 11 to 19 are essentially a 10, plus more! The first two of the six story problems on this sheet are scaffolded with pictures. Learners compose and decompose numbers to answer how many 10s and how...
Curated OER
Count By Twos, Fives, Tens
In this skip counting worksheet, students solve 3 problems in which they count by twos, fives or tens. The pattern is continued for three numbers that will be written on large primary lines.
Math Mammoth
Grade 1 Worktext
Use graphing, counting, and number lines to help first graders learn about addition and subtraction. An array of worksheets and activities are an excellent resource for your math lesson, whether you are focusing on counting skills or...
Curated OER
Kindergarten Numbers and Number Sense
Twelve math lessons take kindergartners through the process of number sense and counting. The skills range from counting to ten, filling out ten frames, indicating ordinal position of an object, and counting by fives and tens to one...
Curated OER
K-5 Mathematics Module: Number and Number Sense
Reinforce number sense with a collection of math lessons for kindergarteners through fifth graders. Young mathematicians take part in hands-on activities, learning games, and complete skills-based worksheets to enhance proficiency in...