by Teach for Life | Feb 24, 2017
P.J. Auchterlonie | Caldwell Elementary | Wichita, Kansas In this activity, students use objects, or counters, to practice touch counting. They roll a die and then lay out that number of discs. They then touch each disc as they count the number aloud. Read Transcript...
by Teach for Life | Feb 24, 2017
P.J. Auchterlonie | Caldwell Elementary | Wichita, Kansas The teacher and students sing a song about five monkeys and count along with their fingers. They go from five monkeys to zero monkeys as they sing, making sure the number of fingers they are holding up matches...
by Janet Houk | Feb 22, 2017
Janet Houk | Minneha Elementary | Wichita, Kansas The teacher uses beans to demonstrate counting. As each bean is placed on the table, it is counted aloud. This shows the students the one to one relationship between the written number and the number of objects....
by Teach for Life | Feb 22, 2017
Neva Thiessen | Early Childhood Educator | Wichita, Kansas The teacher and students count a group of objects together, touching each one as they count aloud. The teacher then shows the written number that matches to the number of objects. Read Transcript Hi. I’m...
by Teach for Life | Feb 21, 2017
Debra Dennill | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas The teacher and students use written numbers and glass beads to practice counting from 1-10. The teacher then introduces the concept of odd and even numbers and then reviews them with the class. Read...
by Educator Partner | Jun 16, 2016
This video describes children’s recognition of total quantity (cardinality). It also provides examples of how early childhood professionals can both explicitly teach this skill and support its development through daily routines and play. This video is part of a series...
by Educator Partner | May 27, 2016
This video describes children’s understanding of quantity and their development of one-to-one correspondence. It also provides examples of how early childhood professionals can both explicitly teach this skill and support its development through daily routines and...
by Educator Partner | May 16, 2016
This video describes children’s understanding of quantity and their development of counting skills from rote to purposeful. It also provides examples of how early childhood professionals can both explicitly teach this skill and support its development through daily...
