Grade Level: Primary (PK-2) | VariQuest Tools: Cutout Maker 1800 | Featured Topics: Lessons and Activities | Academic Subject: Mathematics
Learning to count depends heavily on how much language exposure a young child has. In the beginning, children recognize written numbers that mean something significant to them, such as their age. This lesson incorporates the use of creative manipulatives, which give children visual imagery of “how many” and helps them to form associations between a number’s name and the amount of something it represents.