Learn the numbers from 1-10 using picture graphs, counters, digits, and lots of practice. Count forward and backward and subitize numbers to 5. Use a ten frame to build number sense by learning to quickly recognize quantities as 5 and some more, paying attention to how many are there, and how many are missing.
Use picture graphs to represent numbers visually. Find how many in each row by counting. Build number sense by comparing. Is there a pattern? Does the next group or category have the same number of objects, or 1 more? Practice writing digits by tracing. When ready, practice writing digits from memory.
Make sense of numbers to 5 by putting sets of objects in increasing order. Transition from rote counting to understanding the natural numbers as a sequence of quantities that increases by 1. 2 is 1 more than 1. 3 is 1 more than 2. 4 is 1 more than 3, and 5 is 1 more than 4. Prerequisites: K-13
Count backward to deepen understanding of numbers 1 to 5 while laying the groundwork for subtraction. What number is 1 less and comes before 5? 4. What number is 1 less and comes before 4? 3. Put numbers represented visually in groups and abstractly with digits in descending or reverse order. Prerequisites: K-22
