Mathematics — Kindergarten

To eat or not to eat

After reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, students will sort the foods the caterpillar ate by foods they need or don't need for their body.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living, Mathematics, and Social Studies)

By Karlyn Sugg.

Sorting with Old Mother Hubbard

In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 6

In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "Old Mother Hubbard" to practice sorting objects according to their properties, and practice reading by reciting a familiar nursery rhyme while following the text.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)

By Lisa Wright.

Sorting with Little Boy Blue

In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 1

In this kindergarten lesson, students use the nursery rhyme "Little Boy Blue" to practice sorting items into groups.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By Lisa Wright.

Penguin possibilities: Sorting by attributes

This lesson is designed to help students observe details and explore ways that objects, in this case penguins, can be sorted by various attributes such as size, color, etc.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By Shyrl Stadler.

Me and my scarecrow

This math lesson will allow students to create their own individual and unique scarecrows based on attributes about themselves. Students will compare their scarecrows to those of their classmates and observe similarities and differences.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics and Social Studies)

By Stephanie Duncan.

Matching with The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 10

In this kindergarten lesson, students participate in a pattern-matching activity based on the nursery rhyme "The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe."

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)

By Lisa Wright.

M&M math

Rotating to each station using M&M's, this lesson will allow students to add, graph, sort, and estimate.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By Karen Walker.

Is it a duck? Is it a chick?

Students will compare and contrast the characteristics of a chick and a duckling by using a Venn Diagram.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)

By Debbie Beeson.

Gingerbread Man Fun

This lesson will allow students to demonstrate sense of beginning, middle, and end of a story. They will also use various objects to create patterns comparing these objects using appropriate vocabulary (small, medium, large).

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)

By Rebecca Jones.

Fun with fruits and vegetables

The activities will help the student identify, describe, and classify fruits and vegetables, and learn how each grows.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living, Mathematics, and Science)

By Suzie Overholt.

Easter egg math

Using colored Easter eggs, students will sort by color, count eggs, and graph data.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By Marie Messer.

Dinosaur math

The children will be involved in several different activities (graphing, sorting and classifying, patterning) rotating to each station during the lesson.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By RobinC Adams.

Classifying transportation objects

In this lesson the students will sort, classify, and label transportation items by various attributes.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)

By LuAda Skaggs.

Candy math

Unit on reviewing Math skills. The unit will take 20 minutes per day for 6 days. A good activity for late spring.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By Tammy Sharpe.

Apples on parade

Children will discover the different varieties of apples after listening to a selected story by describing likenesses and differences of apples, sorting apples, graphing apples, eating apples, and creating apple star trees. This unit can be extended to allow children to cook with apples.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By Nancy Haley.

Animals undercover

Students will learn about the different animal coverings using the inquiry method. They will learn about how the covering is used for protection and to control body temperatures.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science)

By Anne Ellis.

Animals movin' on up

Children will explore animal body parts in animal pictures using the inquiry method. They will discuss their functions in movement and eating. They will also discuss the idea that classifications of animals have similar body parts.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics and Science)

By Anne Allen.

Animals move!

This plan introduces students to the different ways animals move.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living and Mathematics)

By Michelle Tesiero.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The learner will be doing curriculum integrated activities using Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)

By Shannon Zerniak.

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What's Next?

Students make patterns, read patterns, and find patterns in the environment. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics