I can teach counting

You know the counting rule. Who does not know it yet?

MathAges 4–515 minutes3 pagesEnglish textInk-light

Being written

This one is planned but not finished yet. Everything below is what it will contain.

Skill: Sharing, explaining a method to someone else, the strongest test of understanding
You will need: Objects
Your job: Discuss
Stage: KG2 · ages 4–5

Not drawn yet

I can teach somebody else how to count properly.

How the fifteen minutes go

The five steps on this sheet, in the order a child meets them. This is what you will actually be doing, not a description of the method.

Print the one that fits today. Same skill, three depths — and on this sheet they differ like this.

Support

Teach a toy. It counts.

Fewer items, more pictures, hints included, parent reads the instructions.

Core

Teach a person.

The standard task, recognition, practice and explanation.

Challenge

Teach the 'one more' rule as well.

Open-ended. Explain why, make your own example, use it somewhere new.

The same guide that is printed on the back page, so you can read it before you decide to print anything.

The answers

None. If they correct their learner using the touching rule, the understanding is real.

If they get stuck

Be the learner yourself and count wrong, say two numbers for one object. Watch them object.

Common mistakes

An adult taking over the teaching. Be a bad student on purpose, make an error and let them catch it.
Making it a performance rather than a lesson.

When they finish early

Let them teach one thing a week. It is the fastest consolidation there is.