Core Skills Analysis
Math
- Practiced counting in order from 1 to 100, building familiarity with the number sequence.
- Used a worksheet to engage with written numerals and the structure of numbers up to 100.
- Used blocks as concrete objects to represent quantities, connecting counting words with items that can be counted.
- Worked with both a written activity and physical materials, engaging with numbers in more than one way.
Tips
Tips Turn the counting practice into a short, hands-on lesson: count blocks aloud together, then arrange them into groups of ten to explore how the numbers build toward 100. Invite the child to match each group to numerals on a homemade number chart and point out the repeating ones digits in each new decade. For a playful extension, hide small groups of blocks around the room and count the collected total, then finish by having the child create a colorful 1–100 chart and mark the numbers counted.
Book Recommendations
- The 100th Day of School by Margery Cuyler: A lively story centered on counting and celebrating 100, offering a familiar context for exploring a large number.
- One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes: A humorous counting story that shows 100 ants rearranging into equal groups.
- How Many Snails? A Counting Book by Paul Giganti Jr.: A visual counting book that invites readers to count objects and notice how quantities can be organized.
Learning Standards
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.1: Counting to 100 supports learning the count sequence by ones and tens.
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.2: Reciting numbers in order up to 100 connects to counting forward from a given number within the sequence.
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.4: Counting blocks supports connecting number words and numerals to quantities and understanding that the last number counted tells how many objects are in a group.
Try This Next
- Make a 1–100 number chart and color each number as the child counts it.
- Build ten groups of ten blocks, then count the groups and individual blocks aloud.
- Create a numeral-matching game: pair number cards with the corresponding number of blocks.