Mathematics — Kindergarten

"Shaping up" with ordinal numbers

This lesson teaches students ordinal numbers through literature, and a visual memory game, and it reviews shapes, colors, and ordinal numbers with a listening and following-directions assessment.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By Sue Bowen.

Sea Inventory (Lesson 2 of 3)

In this lesson students will rote count the number of sea creatures and shells on our beach mural. Also, students will use problem-solving techniques for answering "bigger than" questions.

This is a thematic unit with three lessons. Lesson 1 details art activities. Lesson 2 describes math activities. Lesson 3 underscores language art activities.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By Dinah Jackson.

Sea inventory

In this lesson students will create a beach mural with sand, shells, and blue and white finger paints. They will count objects added to the mural as they go along.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics)

By Dinah Jackson.

Reindeer boots

Children will use problem-solving techniques to answer the question, “How many boots will Santa need for his reindeer?”

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

By Vanette Hann.

Number fun

Students will use games to recognize numbers. They will match the number with a set of objects. This is a two day lesson with 45 minutes each day.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By Kay Nix.

More, less, and equal

Students will identify sets and numbers that are more, less, or equal to each other while participating in a variety of games and activities.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By Rachel Fiscus.

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–1 Mathematics)

By Karen Walker.

Lucky ladybug doubles

This lesson will involve students in using symmetry and doubling of numbers 1 through 7 to make ladybugs.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Information Skills and Mathematics)

By Alta Allen.

Learning numbers with Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 5

In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" to develop phonemic awareness by rhyming words and participate in a number-matching activity to learn about ordinal numbers.

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

By Lisa Wright.

Jelly beans count!

Children will fill plastic Easter eggs with the correct number of jelly beans. After they complete the entire dozen, they are allowed to keep the ones they get correct.

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

By Ronnia Frazier.

Everybody show

This math game teaches number recognition and progression, and strengthens rote counting skills.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By Mary Waldrup.

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.

Developing number sense with Baa Baa Black Sheep

In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 9

In this kindergarten lesson, students will use the nursery rhyme "Baa Baa Black Sheep" to practice non-locomotor skills by acting out the rhyme, and will develop number sense by participating in a number-matching activity.

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

By Lisa Wright.

Counting fun

This is a lesson on counting that takes 30 minutes. It is a good whole group activity for beginning counting, (forwards and backwards), and numeral recognition 1-10 to use early in the year. It is also good for math in literature. The activity can be extended as a counting game to use individually or small group during work stations.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By Karen McNeely.

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–1 Mathematics)

By Tammy Sharpe.

Bunny addition

This lesson integrates language arts, music, and math. The children will listen to the story Count on Bunnies. They will be given the opportunity to act out the story and solve bunny equations. After listening to the song "Five Young Rabbits," the children will take turns being rabbits and pantomiming the actions as the class sings. The children will combine the rabbits at the end of each verse to see how many rabbits have been added. Then they will work in pairs to create their own rabbit equations.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)

By Becky Smith.

Blueberries for Sal: Counting and correspondence

This lesson is designed to aid the teacher in teaching the math skills of one to one correspondence, number recognition, and matching numbers to sets. It is also a great lesson to intergrate into a unit on Bears or the color Blue.

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

By Wrenn Smith.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Once I Caught a Fish Alive): Counting and directional words

In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 12

In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Once I Caught a Fish Alive)" to practice recognition of written numbers and directional words.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By Lisa Wright.

Resources on the web

Zero our hero

In this lesson, one of a seven-part unit from Illuminations titled “Let's Count to 5,” students explore sets of zero items and practice writing the numbers 0 through 5. Students count back from five, identify sets of up to five items, and record... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations