Kindergarten Math practice

25 Kindergarten math lessons, including count to 10, find it on the number line, show the number, which is more?, bigger than…, before and after and more. Each one has a short video where Pip explains the idea, a worked example, and endless new practice questions with step-by-step help when a child gets stuck.

Step 1: Count to 10

Counting tells you how many. Say one number for each thing you touch.

Example: How many dots?

Tip: Touch each dot only once. The last number you say is how many there are.

Step 2: Find it on the number line

A number line shows numbers in order, with 0 at the start.

Example: Tap 8 on the number line.

Tip: Start at 0 and count each jump.

Step 3: Show the number

We can show a number by colouring that many squares.

Example: Tap 10 squares to colour them.

Tip: Count each square as you tap it.

Step 4: Which is more?

When we count, the numbers get bigger. A number you say later is more.

Example: Which number is more? 1 or 9

Tip: Count up from 1. Whichever number you reach second is the bigger one.

Step 5: Bigger than…

Numbers you say later when counting are bigger.

Example: Choose all the numbers bigger than 6.

Tip: Count up. Every number after it is bigger.

Step 6: Before and after

Every number has a neighbour just before it and just after it.

Example: 11, ?

Tip: The number after is one more. The number before is one less.

Step 7: Put numbers in order

Numbers go in order when we count: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…

Example: Put the numbers in order, smallest first.

Tip: Find the smallest number first. Then count up.

Step 8: Count to 20

After 10, keep counting: 11, 12, 13 … all the way to 20.

Example: How many dots?

Tip: Count the first 10 dots, then keep going: 11, 12, 13…

Step 9: Match dots and numbers

The number tells how many dots there are.

Example: Match each group of dots to its number.

Tip: Count the dots, then find that number.

Step 10: Teen numbers

Teen numbers are one full ten and some more ones.

Example: 10 + 2

Tip: 14 is 10 and 4 more. 17 is 10 and 7 more.

Step 11: Build a teen number

Teen numbers start with 1 for one ten: 13 is a 1 and a 3.

Example: Build the number fifteen.

Tip: Teen numbers start with the tile 1.

Step 12: Count by 10s

Counting by 10s is fast: 10, 20, 30, 40 … 100.

Example: 30, 40, ? , 60

Tip: It sounds like counting 1, 2, 3 with "-ty" on the end: twenty, thirty, forty.

Step 13: Add within 5

Adding means putting two groups together and counting them all.

Example: 4 + 0

Tip: Use your fingers! Hold up each number, then count all the fingers.

Step 14: True or false: adding

An adding sentence is true when both sides are the same amount.

Example: Is this true or false? 2 + 1 = 3

Tip: Use your fingers to check.

Step 15: Take away within 5

Taking away means some go away. Count how many are left.

Example: 1 − 0

Tip: Hold up fingers for the first number, then put some down.

Step 16: Add within 10

Put two groups together and count them all.

Example: 2 + 4

Tip: Start with the bigger number and count on.

Step 17: Take away within 10

Taking away means some go away. Count how many are left.

Example: 9 − 4

Tip: Cross out the ones that go away, then count what is left.

Step 18: Make 10

Some pairs of numbers make 10: 1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7, 4 and 6, 5 and 5.

Example: 8 + ? = 10

Tip: Count the empty boxes in the ten frame.

Step 19: Shapes and sides

Shapes have straight sides and corners. Counting the sides tells you the shape.

Example: How many sides?

Tip: Triangles have 3 sides, squares and rectangles have 4, and circles have none.

Step 20: Round or has corners?

Some things are round. Some things have straight sides and corners.

Example: Is each thing round, or does it have corners?

Tip: Run your finger around the edge. Does it bump into a corner?

Step 21: Longer, heavier, bigger

We can compare things: longer or shorter, heavier or lighter, bigger or smaller.

Example: Which is heavier? a mouse or an elephant

Tip: Picture both things side by side.

Step 22: Canadian coins

Canada has coins called the nickel, dime, quarter, loonie and toonie.

Example: Match each coin to its name.

Tip: The loonie has a loon (a bird) on it. The toonie is worth two loonies.

Step 23: What comes next?

A pattern repeats the same part again and again.

Example: What comes next? 🟨 🟩 🟦 🟨 🟩 🟦 🟨 🟩 ?

Tip: Say the pattern out loud: red, blue, red, blue… What comes next?

Step 24: Finish the pattern

A pattern repeats. Say it out loud to find what comes next.

Example: What are the next two? ⭐ 🌙 ⭐ 🌙 __ __

Tip: Say the pattern: red, blue, red, blue…

Step 25: Which one does not belong?

Sorting means putting things that are alike together.

Example: Which one does not belong? 🍐 🚌 🍎 🍓

Tip: Find what most of them have in common. The one that is different does not belong.

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