Math
Before KG · 10 min
Put them together by colour
Look at all of them. Which ones look like they belong together?
Ages 2–33 pagesYou: observe
Counting all the way to ten
How far can you count? Show me, do not guess.
MathAges 3–415 minutes3 pagesEnglish textInk-light
Being written
This one is planned but not finished yet. Everything below is what it will contain.
- Skill
- Stable order to 10, with objects, saying the sequence reliably
- You will need
- Ten small objects, Pencil
- Your job
- Check
- Stage
- KG1 · ages 3–4
Not drawn yet
I can count to ten, touching each one.
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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.
- 1
Wonder
How far can you count? Show me, do not guess.
- 2
Listen
Your grown-up counts to ten slowly, touching ten real objects.
- 3
Explore
Now you. Ten buttons, beans or stones on the table.
- 4
Share
Count ten steps as you walk them.
Three levels in the same pack
Print the one that fits today. Same skill, three depths — and on this sheet they differ like this.
Support
To 5, with objects in a line.
Fewer items, more pictures, hints included, parent reads the instructions.
Core
To 10, in a line then scattered.
The standard task, recognition, practice and explanation.
Challenge
Count backwards from 5. Much harder than forwards.
Open-ended. Explain why, make your own example, use it somewhere new.
For the grown-up
The same guide that is printed on the back page, so you can read it before you decide to print anything.
The answers
Ten is ten from either end. If the answer changes when they start from the other side, one-to-one correspondence is still settling, go back to the touching sheet for a few days.
If they get stuck
Line the objects up. Scattering is a separate, later difficulty.
Common mistakes
- Skipping a number in the teens region, six, seven, nine. Extremely common; say the sequence together daily rather than correcting it once.
- Counting the same object twice when scattered.
When they finish early
Count ten of anything, every day, for a week. Repetition is the method here, not variety.
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Licence
Free for personal, classroom, and parent use. You may print and share the link. You may not sell, re-upload, or modify this PDF without permission.
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