Addy and I have been working on numbers lately since she now knows all of her letters and just about all her letter sounds. She recognizes the numbers and can count out that many beans on her own so we added some glue and addition to the mix of fun today. I made this simple sheet above and helped her count out the right number of beans. We then added to see how many we had total. She loved this activity, especially the part where she got a hold of the glue when I wasn't paying attention for a moment! Since she's only 2, her attention span only lasted long enough to complete half the page today so we will do the rest tomorrow. At the bottom of this post is a simple counting activity we completed to practice numbers and counting prior to doing this activity.
Not only do I love these bean activities because the kids are learning number concepts but I love that the beans are tiny and they have to take their time when placing them somewhere. This is great for their coordination and small motor skills!
When referring to the Common Core Standards, this activity covers the first part
of the mathematics standard for Kindergarten "representing, relating, and
operating on whole numbers, initially with sets of objects". Below are the specific standards that are covered.
Counting and Cardinality K.CC
Count to tell the number of objects.
4. Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities;
connect counting to cardinality.
a. When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object.
b. Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted. The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted.
c. Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.
5. Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration;
Operations and Algebraic Thinking K.OA
Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and
understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from.
1. Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.
Not only do I love these bean activities because the kids are learning number concepts but I love that the beans are tiny and they have to take their time when placing them somewhere. This is great for their coordination and small motor skills!
When referring to the Common Core Standards, this activity covers the first part
of the mathematics standard for Kindergarten "representing, relating, and
operating on whole numbers, initially with sets of objects". Below are the specific standards that are covered.
Counting and Cardinality K.CC
Count to tell the number of objects.
4. Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities;
connect counting to cardinality.
a. When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object.
b. Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted. The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted.
c. Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.
5. Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration;
Operations and Algebraic Thinking K.OA
Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and
understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from.
1. Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.