Number, Counting & Cardinality

Magician’s Tricks

Abracadabra! In this activity, children take turns using their “magic trick” (counting skills) to figure out what number is on a facedown counting card.

There are 2 versions of Magician’s Tricks.

Become familiar with both versions so you can easily move between versions to adapt to children’s counting skills.

Counting From 1

This version of Magician’s Tricks is suitable for children who are still learning to count to 10.

Primary Objectives

  • Counting from 1 to 5, 10, 20 (or somewhere in between)
  • Recognizing numerals
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Counting From Any Number

This version of Magician’s Tricks is suitable for children who are confidently counting to 10.

Primary Objectives

  • Counting on from a number other than 1 (for example, counting on from 5 to 7)
  • Counting backward from any number (for example, counting down from 8 to 6)
  • Recognizing numerals
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