Counting

What is counting? What we learned this week:

Counting involves learning This week in class we focused

the sequence of number on learning how to develop counting
words, identifying the skills. We learned that there was a
quantity of items in a patterns being made while counting.
collection, and recognizing For example a pattern when counting
counting patterns. is 21-22 and 31-32. We learned that
there is a position called first and
last on a game board. Also talked
Things to do at home about the quantity of items there is in
with your child to a collection by counting how many
promote counting: bottle caps are in a pile. We also
talked about one-to-one
1. Laundry Sorting- let correspondence. One-to-one
your child help you correspondence is when a child knows
sort out the socks. to count 3 dots on the game when
Have a basket for the they see a 3 on the dice.
child to put the socks
into. Let your child
count each sock as
they put it in the
basket.
2. Setting the Table- let
your child set the
table for dinner one
night. Have them put
one plate, one
napkin, one fork and
spoon, and one cup.
That way it helps
they make that one-
to-one
correspondence.