Number, Counting & Cardinality
Shapes
Visit Don’t Burn Your Feet activityDon’t Burn Your Feet
The floor is lava! Step on the large shapes to safely cross the volcano. Listen for the shape names or properties to know where to step next.
Number, Counting & Cardinality
Visit Magician’s Tricks activityMagician’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.
Visit Counting from any number activityCounting from any number
Place number cards face down in numerical order. One child points to any card and the other child—the magician—uses their magic counting skills to figure out what number it is without turning the cards over. Then, flip the card over so children can see if they are correct. Leave the card facing up so the next child counts on to find the next number. For example, if a 3 is turned over and the next facedown card that a student points to is a 4, the student can count on from 3 instead of starting at 1.
Visit Counting From 1 activityCounting From 1
Place number cards face down in numerical order. One child points to any card and the other child—the magician—uses their magic counting skills to figure out what number it is without turning the cards over. Then, flip the card over so children can see if they are correct. Place the card face down again. Have children switch roles and repeat with another card.
Patterns
Visit Pattern Bridge activityPattern Bridge
Children add and remove core units from a pattern to fill the spaces on a board.
Measurement
Data
Visit Measuring Myself activityMeasuring Myself
Compare the relative length of body parts to other objects using words such as longer or shorter.
Data
Visit Speed Sorting activitySpeed Sorting
Children figure out the sorting rule based on pictures and then sort objects as quickly as possible
Addition & Subtraction
Visit Hidden Objects activityHidden Objects
One child hides some counters from a small set, and a second child estimates how many were hidden.
Measurement
Data
Visit Heavier or Lighter? activityHeavier or Lighter?
Compare the weights of objects using a balance and then sort the objects into two groups
based on their weights.
Addition & Subtraction
Visit Follow the Path activityFollow the Path
Practice counting-on and adding in this short path board game
Number, Counting & Cardinality
Visit Zookeepers activityZookeepers
Compare the number of objects in different sets to feed an animal.
Spatial Relations
Visit Creating Copies activityCreating Copies
Copy a geometric design or building shown in a picture using blocks or square color tiles.
Spatial Relations
Visit Draw Your Building activityDraw Your Building
Children draw a picture of a building they made to explore spatial relationships
Spatial Relations
Visit Build Together activityBuild Together
Work together to create a unique building that includes a certain number of features (such as stairs, towers, doors).
Number, Counting & Cardinality
Visit Tower Power activityTower Power
Roll a die to determine how many blocks to add to a tower. Keep going until the tower falls over.
Spatial Relations
Visit Mirror Blocks activityMirror Blocks
Practice symmetry by placing blocks on one side of a line to create a mirror image of the blocks on the other side of the line.