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PreschoolยทMath, Physical Development and Health

Introduce 1:1 correspondence with 10 frames.

Children will practice 1:1 correspondence with this hands-on activity....

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Introduce 1:1 correspondence with 10 frames.

Children will practice 1:1 correspondence with this hands-on activity.

What you'll need
  • Ten frame (teacher-made or store bought)
  • Circular counting manipulatives
Step by step

Step 1

In small groups, provide each child with a ten frame.

Step 2

Place the counting manipulatives in the middle.

Step 3

Model for the child how to pick up a counting manipulative and place it into the first box. Count the manipulative as โ€œ1โ€.

Step 4

Continue to 10.

Step 5

Allow children to engage in practicing their counting as you encourage them to count out the number of each item.

More ideas

Magnetic ten frames are a fun way to engage on a vertical surface.

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Playful questions

What counting items do we have today?

How many squares are in your frame?

How many counting manipulatives can you add?

Learning outcomes

Math

Number Sense, Quantity, and Operations

  • Grows in rote counting and sequencing of numbers to 10 and beyond; identifies some written numerals in everyday environment; begins to understand one-to-one correspondence; compares quantities and identifies more/less; begins to subitize (recognizes number of objects in a small set without counting - two blocks); begins to understand the last number counted in a set is the quantity of the set; understands ordinal terms (1st, 2nd, etc.).

  • Grows in rote counting and sequencing of numbers to 20 and beyond; identifies written numerals to at least 20; compares quantities in sets and identifies more/less/equal; subitizes (recognizes small number of objects in a set without counting - three blocks, dots on a die); understands and uses ordinal terms (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.).

Physical Development and Health

Fine Motor Development

  • Demonstrates growing hand-eye coordination (strings beads, completes multi-piece puzzles, uses lacing cards, tears paper, uses a keyboard); uses eating utensils with ease

  • Demonstrates more precise hand-eye coordination (uses connecting blocks, small pop beads, Lego bricks, forms playdough into more recognizable shapes, builds more intricate block structures, weaves)

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