This lesson, Counting: Rote and terminal, teaches your child how to count out loud — usually vocally — in a correct sequence using both a determined end point (“terminal”), as well as an undetermined end point (“rote”).
The basis skill of counting is the foundation for more advanced math skills and is a prerequisite for:
This lesson, 1:1 Correspondence: Counting objects, teaches your child the relationship between counting and what is actually being counted. It’s important for your child to understand how to choose specific quantities by counting. This concept can be reinforced during daily activities such as counting fruit, helping with the grocery store list, keeping track of scores during a game, or handing out snacks and making sure everyone gets equal portions.
In this lesson, Number Identification, Visual recognition and naming of numerals. Requiring the child to identify numbers encourages focused attention to the unique form of each number.
Learning to visualize and name numerals is an important pre-math skill and should be mastered prior to learning basic addition and subtraction. Once your child has master basic number ID using black and white flash cards, you can introduce variations such as colored, pattered, or textured flash cards. Additional learning can be mastered by identifying numbers in video game play and with common household items (e.g., clocks, microwaves, or calendars).
This lesson, Number to quantity match, teaches the child the meaning of numerals, and helps them connect the concept of numbers with the concept of quantity. These skills are important as they’re a building block for additional skills and helps to increase independence.
After the lesson is masters, you can extend the teachings through playing cards and other games, shopping, and making lists.
This lesson, Patterns and sequencing, teaches the child the ability to recognize patterns, predict what comes next in a pattern, and create specific orders of things/patterns.
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This lesson, Number sequencing, teaches the sequential order of numerals. (*NOTE: Targets of first, second, third, last, middle, etc. should also be taught using objects/people/lines of items, generally after the sequencing of numbers has been mastered.)
Use the downloadable PDFs below to get the most from this lesson:
