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Tables of Contents for Count on Math
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
13
2
Using This Book
15
2
Chapter 1 -- Exploration of Materials
17
20
Definition
17
1
Bridge to Other Math Concepts
17
1
Suggestions for Success
17
1
Key Words
17
1
Activities
18
16
1. Circle Time Story: The Wonderful Book of Leaves
18
1
2. Sand Table Fun
19
1
3. Junk Box Exploration
20
1
4. Playdough Squeeze
20
1
5. Textured Playdough
20
1
6. Balancing Act
21
1
7. Tactile Exploration
21
1
8. Water Play
21
1
9. Fast or Slow
22
1
10. Sinkers and Floaters
22
1
11. Floaters and Droppers
23
1
12. Stickers and Nonstickers
23
1
13. Rock Collections
23
1
14. Weighted Cans
24
1
15. What Happens When
24
1
16. Dress Up Descriptors
24
1
17. Feely Bag Frenzy
25
1
18. Nesting
25
1
19. What Fits In?
25
1
20. Corkers
26
1
21. Pipe Connectors
26
1
22. Broad Strokes
26
1
23. What Do You Hear?
27
1
24. Creative Structures
27
1
25. Woodworking
27
1
26. Textured Writings
28
1
27. Noise Makers
28
1
28. Gak
29
1
29. Smelly Bottles
29
1
30. Scratch and Sniff Pictures
29
1
31. Hot and Cold Pennies
30
1
32. Shadow Watch
30
1
33. Recipes for Fun
30
2
34. Mixing Mixtures
32
1
35. Leaf Bracelets
32
1
36. Cooking Changes
32
1
37. Crayon Melt
33
1
38. Color Mixing
33
1
39. Glue Drop Art
33
1
40. Word Web
34
1
Any Time Ideas
34
1
Suggestions for Home Involvement
34
1
Observations and Evaluations
34
1
Resources
35
1
Home Connections
36
1
Chapter 2 -- Spatial Relationships
37
20
Definition
37
1
Bridge to Other Math Concepts
37
1
Suggestions for Success
37
1
Key Words
37
1
Activities
38
16
1. Circle Time Story: A Place for Pumpkin
38
1
2. Games, Games
39
1
3. Obstacle Course
39
1
4. Following Directions
40
1
5. Inside, Outside
40
1
6. Beanbag Toss
40
1
7. Hidden Objects
40
1
8. Building Creations
41
1
9. Stringing Up
41
1
10. Topsy Turvy
41
1
11. Stackable Snackables
42
1
12. Positional I Spy
42
1
13. Under the Table Art
42
1
14. Follow the Leader
43
1
15. Nesting Objects
43
1
16. Home Sweet Home
43
1
17. Blowing Bubbles
44
1
18. Left, Right
44
1
19. A Closer Look Outside
45
1
20. Fingerplays
45
1
21. Nursery Rhymes
46
1
22. Our Class
46
1
23. Treasure Hunt
47
1
24. Top, Middle, Bottom Pictures
47
1
25. First, Next, Last
47
1
26. Layered Pudding
48
1
27. Ring Toss
48
1
28. Drop the Clothespin
49
1
29. Pillowcase Race
49
1
30. Back-to-Back Building
49
1
31. Blindfold Walk
50
1
32. Candy Walk
50
1
33. Pin the Stem on the Pumpkin (or Apple)
50
1
34. Beanbag on the Pumpkin
51
1
35. Twister
51
1
36. Mirror Talk
52
1
37. Popping Corn
52
1
38. Build a Room
53
1
39. Jump Frog
53
1
40. Matchbox Buttons
53
1
Any Time Ideas
54
1
Suggestions for Home Involvement
54
1
Observations and Evaluations
54
1
Resources
54
2
Home Connections
56
1
Chapter 3 -- Classifications
57
30
Definition
57
1
Bridge to Other Math Concepts
57
1
Suggestions for Success
57
1
Key Words
58
1
Activities
58
2
1. Circle Time Story: Tracie Turkey
58
1
2. Classify Children
59
1
CLASSIFYING CONCRETE OBJECTS
60
4
3. All Mixed Up
60
1
4. Classroom Organization
60
1
5. Organizing Learning Centers
60
1
6. Nature Sort
60
1
7. Junk Box Sorting
61
1
8. Sorting Solutions
61
1
9. Group, Regroup
62
1
10. Art Sort
62
1
11. Floaters, Droppers and Sinkers
62
1
12. Translucent Materials
63
1
13. Land, Sea and Air
63
1
14. Magnet Sort
63
1
15. Ball Sort
64
1
CLASSIFYING OBJECTS BY COLOR
64
3
16. The Eyes Speak
64
1
17. Colored Squares
64
1
18. Classroom Colors
64
1
19. My Favorite Color
65
1
20. Color Cups
65
1
21. Color Mystery
65
1
22. Fall Leaf Sort
66
1
23. Rainbow Mosaic
66
1
24. Streamer Dance
67
1
25. Clothespin Drop
67
1
CLASSIFYING OBJECTS BY SIZE
67
4
26. Big and Little
67
1
27. Clothing Sort
68
1
28. Three Bears Sort
68
1
29. Playdough Ball Sort
68
1
30. Big and Little Animals
69
1
31. Building Size Vocabulary
69
1
32. Does It Fit?
69
1
33. Name Sort
70
1
34. Big and Little Pictures
70
1
35. Big Group, Little Groups
70
1
CLASSIFYING OBJECT BY SHAPE
71
3
36. Familiar Shapes
71
1
37. Classroom Shapes
71
1
38. Art Shapes
71
1
39. Cracker Snackers
72
1
40. Cookie Shapes
72
1
41. Stackable Snackables
72
1
42. My Favorite Shape
73
1
43. Block Structures
73
1
44. Shape Dancing
73
1
45. Shape Rubbings
74
1
CLASSIFYING OBJECTS USING OTHER SENSES
74
2
46. Sweet, Not Sweet
74
1
47. Soft, Not Soft
75
1
48. Pleasant, Not Pleasant
75
1
49. Noises Inside and Outside
75
1
50. Feely Shapes
75
1
CLASSIFYING OBJECTS WITH MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTES
76
4
51. Button #4
76
1
52. Hide a Button
76
1
53. The Lost Button
76
1
54. Overlapping Categories
77
1
55. Button, Button
78
1
56. Laundry Sort
78
1
57. Leaf Sort
78
1
58. Shoe Sort
79
1
59. Feeling Faces
79
1
60. Birds of a Feather
79
1
DEVELOPING CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION
80
1
61. Sorting Secrets
80
1
62. Everyday Objects
80
1
63. Classifying Friends
81
1
64. Group Sorting
81
1
65. Sorting My Way
81
1
ILLUSTRATING REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS OF CLASSIFICATION
81
2
66. Classification at Work
81
1
67. Reclassifying the Classroom
82
1
68. Puzzle Organizers
82
1
69. Classification at Home
83
1
70. Field Trip
83
1
Any Time Ideas
83
1
Suggestions for Home Involvement
83
1
Observations and Evaluations
83
1
Resources
84
1
Home Connections
85
2
Chapter 4 -- Patterning
87
28
Definition
87
1
Bridge to Other Math Concepts
87
1
Suggestions for Success
87
1
Key Words
87
1
Activities
88
1
1. Circle Time Story: Christmas Decorations Solutions
88
1
RECOGNIZING PATTERNS
89
3
2. We Patterns
89
1
3. Patterns Around Me
89
1
4. Pattern Stuff
89
1
5. Patterns On Me
90
1
6. Auditory Patterns
90
1
7. Nature Patterns
90
1
8. Outside Patterns
91
1
9. Your Turn, My Turn
91
1
10. Magnetic Patterns
91
1
11. Left/Right
92
1
COPYING PATTERNS
92
3
12. Copy Cats
92
1
13. Hands-On Patterning
92
1
14. That's Mine
93
1
15. Color Copies
93
1
16. Patterned Chains
93
1
17. Reflections
94
1
18. Anything Patterns
94
1
19. Chair Patterns
94
1
20. Flannel Board Copies
94
1
21. Twin Towers
95
1
EXTENDING PATTERNS
95
3
22. Who Comes Next?
95
1
23. Around We Go
96
1
24. Classroom Patterns
96
1
25. Squares Line Up
96
1
26. Silly Beads
97
1
27. Wall to Wall
97
1
28. Handprints Galore
97
1
29. Flannel Board Extensions
98
1
30. Building Patterns
98
1
31. Follow Those Tracks
98
1
CREATING PATTERNS
98
4
32. Children Patterns
98
1
33. Easel Variations
99
1
34. Window Streamers
99
1
35. Boxes, Boxes
100
1
36. Big Patterns
100
1
37. Edible Patterns
100
1
38. Musical Repertoire
101
1
39. Say It Again, Sam
101
1
40. Playdough Patterns
101
1
41. Shadow Patterns
101
1
PATTERN VARIATIONS
102
6
42. Spoolers
102
1
43. Any Which Way
102
1
44. Stretchers
103
1
45. Can Towers
103
1
46. Totems
103
1
47. Circle, Circle
103
1
48. Colorful Streamers
104
1
49. Wedge Patterns
104
1
50. Beads and Laces
105
1
51. 'Round We Go
105
1
52. Straw Necklaces
105
1
53. Patterns Around Me
106
1
54. Wrap-Arounds
106
1
55. Damp Sand Patterns
106
1
56. Rub a Pattern
107
1
57. Stamp a Pattern
107
1
58. Post-it Patterns
108
1
CHALLENGING AND COMPLEX PATTERNS
108
3
59. Over and Under
108
1
60. Weave a Pattern
108
1
61. More Weaving
109
1
62. Story Pattern
110
1
63. Wallpaper Favorites
110
1
64. What's Missing?
110
1
65. Through the Looking Glass
111
1
Any Time Ideas
111
1
Suggestions for Home Involvement
111
1
Observations and Evaluations
111
1
Resources
112
1
Home Connections
113
2
Chapter 5 -- One-to-One Correspondence
115
20
Definition
115
1
Bridge to Other Math Concepts
115
1
Suggestions for Success
115
1
Key Words
115
1
Activities
116
1
1. Circle Time Story: A Snowman of My Own
116
1
MATCHING EVEN SETS
117
10
2. Pairs
117
1
3. Mixed Up Match
118
1
4. Working Pairs
118
1
5. Concentration
118
1
6. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
119
1
7. Matching Game
119
1
8. Go Togethers
119
1
9. Where Is Thumbkin?
120
1
10. One Peg for Every Hole
120
1
11. Copy Cat Towers
121
1
12. Dance
121
1
13. Pat-a-Cake
121
1
14. Three Bears
122
1
15. Who's Here?
122
2
16. Set the Table
124
1
17. Shakers
124
1
18. Find a Friend
125
1
19. Rings on My Fingers
125
1
20. Anything You Can Do
125
1
21. One Brush for Every Jar
126
1
22. Puzzle Box Match-up
126
1
23. Pie Slices
127
1
MATCHING UNEVEN SETS
127
3
24. Take a Seat
127
1
25. Musical Chairs
127
1
26. Visiting Class
128
1
27. Boys to Girls
128
1
28. Gingerbread People
128
1
29. Block to Block
129
1
30. Crayon Match
129
1
31. Nature Walk
129
1
GRAPHING
130
3
32. Favorite Colors
130
1
33. Favorite Juice
130
1
34. Oh, Brother! Oh, Sister!
130
1
35. Whose Shoes?
131
1
36. Apples and Bananas
131
1
37. Wormy Apples
132
1
38. Shadow Match
132
1
Any Time Ideas
132
1
Suggestions for Home Involvement
132
1
Observations and Evaluations
133
1
Resources
133
1
Home Connections
134
1
Chapter 6 -- Ordering
135
22
Definition
135
1
Bridge to Other Math Concepts
135
1
Suggestions for Success
135
1
Key Words
135
1
Activities
136
1
1. Circle Time Story: Who Will Choose Me?
136
1
ORDERING BY SIZE
137
4
2. Flannel Board Hearts
137
1
3. Kids in All Sizes
137
1
4. Balls, Balls, Balls
138
1
5. Playdough Balls
138
1
6. Concentric Circles
138
1
7. Would You Like Fries with That?
139
1
8. Three Bears
139
1
9. Teddy Bear Day
139
1
10. Door Frames
140
1
11. Seeds
140
1
12. Tunnels of Fun
141
1
ORDERING BY HEIGHT AND LENGTH
141
4
13. Snow Folk
141
1
14. Height and Length
142
1
15. Everybody's Bodies
142
1
16. Families
142
1
17. Tall Towers
143
1
18. Size Hunt
143
1
19. Snake Charmers
143
1
20. Lengths of Yarn
144
1
21. Broad Jump
144
1
ORDERING BY WEIGHT
145
2
22. Weighted Cans
145
1
23. Balance Scales
145
1
24. A Weighty Issue
146
1
25. Bungee Scale
146
1
26. Sock It to Me
147
1
27. Egg Weights
147
1
ORDERING BY OTHER ATTRIBUTES
147
2
28. Sandy Textures
147
1
29. Rising Waters
147
1
30. Tone Bottles
148
1
ORDERING BY COMPARING SETS
149
4
31. Gingerbread Men
149
1
32. Graduated Sets
149
1
33. Button Grab
150
1
34. One More
150
1
35. Penny Dots
150
1
36. Dot Cards
151
1
37. Follow the Dots
151
1
38. Hang the Shirts
152
1
39. Dot Croquet
152
1
40. Kites
153
1
Any Time Ideas
153
1
Suggestions for Home Involvement
153
1
Observations and Evaluations
153
1
Resources
154
1
Home Connections
155
2
Chapter 7 -- Numeration 1-5, Plus 0
157
28
Definition
157
1
Bridge to Other Math Concepts
157
1
Suggestions for Success
158
1
Key Words
158
1
Activities
158
2
1. Circle Time Story: Counting Clover Leaves
158
1
2. Making a Set
159
1
3. Three Sets of Three
160
1
NUMBER FAMILIES
160
4
4. Number Bags
160
1
5. Children Combinations
161
1
6. Recording Combinations
161
1
7. Sweet Sets
161
1
8. Drop a Set
162
1
9. Drop a Set II
162
1
10. Guess a Set
162
1
11. Changing Directions
163
1
12. Mine's Different
163
1
13. Visual Sets
163
1
14. Conservation
164
1
15. Dot Families
164
1
INTRODUCING NUMERALS
164
4
16. Tally Marks
164
1
17. Symbol
165
1
18. Playdough Numerals
165
1
19. Grainy Numerals
165
1
20. Numeral Rubbings
166
1
21. Tactile Numerals
166
1
22. Numeral Hunt
166
1
23. Egg Carton Shake
167
1
24. Numeral Toss
167
1
COUNTING
168
7
25. Why Count?
168
1
26. Counting Children
168
1
27. Snack Counters
168
1
28. Carpet Count
169
1
29. Numbers on a Rope (number line)
169
1
30. I Can Count
170
1
31. Number Books
170
1
32. Number Plates
171
1
33. Animal Count
171
1
34. Singing Number Songs
172
1
35. Classroom Sets
172
1
36. Bell Bags
172
1
37. Peanut Count
173
1
38. Baggie Fish
174
1
39. Ordinal Numbers
174
1
ZERO
175
2
40. The Empty Set
175
1
41. More Practice with the Empty Set
175
1
42. Symbol for Zero
176
1
43. Adding Zero to the Number Line
176
1
ADDITION
177
3
44. Feely Box Numbers
177
1
45. Equation Boards
177
1
46. Addition Sacks
178
1
47. Slide the Sum
178
1
48. Paper Clip Addition
179
1
49. Symbolic Representation
179
1
SUBTRACTION
180
2
50. Substraction Sacks
180
1
51. Clothespin Drop
180
1
52. Drop a Hanky
181
1
53. Tower Equations
181
1
54. Hide It Under a Basket
182
1
Any Time Ideas
182
1
Suggestions for Home Involvement
182
1
Observations and Evaluations
182
1
Resources
183
1
Home Connections
184
1
Chapter 8 -- Shapes
185
20
Definition
185
1
Bridge to Other Math Concepts
185
1
Suggestions for Success
185
1
Key Words
185
1
Activities
186
2
1. Circle Time Story: Silly Circle's Big Escape
186
2
CIRCLE
188
2
2. Circle Games
188
1
3. Circle, Circle
188
1
4. Paper Chains
188
1
5. Easel Circles
189
1
6. Tire Rolling
189
1
7. Water Painting
189
1
8. Hula Hoop Fun
189
1
9. Make a Pizza Face
190
1
OVAL
190
1
10. Bendable Circles
190
1
11. Egg Rolling
190
1
TRIANGLE
191
3
12. Build a Triangle
191
1
13. Triangle Prints
191
1
14. Triangle Snacks
192
1
15. Triangle Builders
192
1
16. Easel Triangles
193
1
17. Triangle Music Makers
193
1
18. Roll a Triangle
193
1
RECTANGLE
194
2
19. Build a Rectangle
194
1
20. Rectangle Hunt
194
1
21. Rectangle Tracks
194
1
22. Rectangle Pairs
195
1
23. Human Rectangles
195
1
SQUARE
196
3
24. Build a Square
196
1
25. Hop Scotch
196
1
26. Square Popsicles
196
1
27. Square Dancing
197
1
28. Squared Away
197
1
29. Folding Squares
198
1
30. Bag Blocks
198
1
31. Stack-a-Square
199
1
GENERAL ACTIVITIES
199
3
32. Roll a Shape
199
1
33. Shape Hunt
199
1
34. Geoboards
200
1
35. Flannel Board Shapes
200
1
36. Concentration Shapes
200
1
37. Jiggly Shapes
201
1
38. Floor Puzzles
201
1
39. Gadget Printing
202
1
40. Mystery Shapes
202
1
Any Time Ideas
202
1
Suggestions for Home Involvement
202
1
Observations and Evaluations
203
1
Resources
203
1
Home Connections
204
1
Chapter 9 -- Numeration 6-10
205
16
Definition
205
1
Bridge to Other Math Concepts
205
1
Suggestions for Success
205
1
Key Words
205
1
Activities
206
4
1. Circle Time Story: Mrs. Granger's Flower Bed
206
1
2. Children Combinations
207
1
3. Number Bags
207
1
4. Drop a Set and Record
208
1
5. Visual Sets
208
1
6. Symbol
208
1
7. Playdough Numerals
209
1
8. Numeral Rubbings
209
1
9. Grainy Numerals
210
1
10. Numeral Hunt
210
1
COUNTING
210
3
11. Number Plates
210
1
12. I Can Count
211
1
13. Bell Bags
211
1
14. Number Book
211
1
15. Number Kites
212
1
16. Numbers on a Rope
212
1
COUNTING ON
213
1
17. Counting on Cubes
213
1
18. Cards and Counters
213
1
SIMPLE OPERATIONS
214
4
19. Number Cubes
214
1
20. Number Line Addition
214
1
21. Addition Sacks
215
1
22. Mother, May I?
215
1
23. Symbolic Representation
216
1
24. Ten in the Bed
216
1
25. Subtraction Sacks
217
1
26. Beanbag Drop
217
1
27. Zip to Zero
218
1
28. Drop a Hanky
218
1
Any Time Ideas
218
1
Suggestions for Home Involvement
218
1
Observations and Evaluations
219
1
Resources
219
1
Home Connections
220
1
Chapter 10 -- Fractions
221
10
Definition
221
1
Bridge to Other Math Concepts
221
1
Suggestions for Success
221
1
Key Words
221
1
Activities
222
6
1. Circle Time Story: Learning to Share
222
1
2. Fractional Snacks
223
1
3. Lines of Symmetry
224
1
4. Sharing Playdough
224
1
5. Can Everything Be Shared?
225
1
6. Halves and Fourths
225
1
7. Floor Puzzles
226
1
8. Symbols
226
1
9. Which One Is Bigger?
227
1
10. Part to Whole
227
1
11. Name the Part
227
1
12. Class Fractions
228
1
Any Time Ideas
228
1
Suggestions for Home Involvement
228
1
Observations and Evaluations
228
1
Resources
229
1
Home Connections
230
1
Chapter 11 -- Measurement
231
10
Definition
231
1
Bridge to Other Math Concepts
231
1
Suggestions for Success
231
1
Key Words
231
1
Activities
232
1
1. Circle Time Story: The July 4th Parade
232
1
LENGTH AND HEIGHT MEASUREMENT
233
2
2. Classroom Measurement
233
1
3. Toe-to-Heel Measurement Again
233
1
4. Teacher's Foot
233
1
5. Paper Clip Measuring
234
1
6. How Many Blocks?
234
1
WEIGHT MEASUREMENT
235
1
7. How Much Do I Weigh?
235
1
8. Coffee Can Fillings
235
1
9. Balance Scale Weigh-in
236
1
CAPACITY MEASUREMENT
236
1
10. Children in a Box
236
1
11. How Many Does It Take?
236
1
12. Estimating Water Levels
237
1
Any Time Ideas
237
1
Suggestions for Home Involvement
238
1
Observations and Evaluations
238
1
Resources
238
1
Home Connections
239
2
Chapter 12 -- Time and Money
241
12
Definitions
241
1
Bridge to Other Math Concepts
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Suggestions for Success
241
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Key Words
241
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Activities
242
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TIME
242
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1. Circle Time Story: Waiting for School
242
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2. Pictorial Record
243
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3. Sundial
244
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4. Using the Clock
244
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5. Number Line Clock
245
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6. A Clock of My Own
245
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MONEY
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7. Circle Time Story: Treasures in the Sandbox
246
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8. Sidewalk Art Show
247
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9. Grocery Store
247
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10. Money Wheel
248
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11. Lemonade Stand
248
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12. Money Magic
249
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Any Time Ideas
249
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Suggestions for Home Involvement
249
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Observations and Evaluations
249
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Resources
250
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Home Connections
251
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Patterns
253
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Glossary of Terms
257
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Index
259