Kindergarten Math
Kindergarten math is more than just worksheets, so CKA is here to help with plenty of ideas to help make your math instruction fun, engaging and hands on!
We’ll be adding more math activities regularly, so check back soon to see what’s new! Have a topic you wish we’d cover? Didn’t find the math activities you were looking for? Please let us know! We’re here to help!
Sheep Math – Addition Practice Goes to the Farm
CKA Co-President Debra Weller shares this week’s Tuesday teaching tip with us. She gives her children a piece of construction paper, a pencil, glue, a Sharpie marker, crayons and dice. She instructs them to roll one die, and mark the number in pencil on the left side of the paper. Then they write the plus sign. Next, they roll the die and write the number on the right side of then paper followed by the equal sign. They trace the numbers with the marker. They count out the corresponding number of cotton balls to match the...
read moreCKA Clocks in with a Math Twist on a Familiar Rhyme
Here’s an easy twist on a traditional nursery rhyme that will help get rid of some extra energy while reviewing numbers and teaching time (with a little phonemic awareness thrown in, too). Instead of: Tick tock, tick tock, I’m a little cuckoo clock. Tick tock, tick tock, now the time is one o’clock. Cuckoo! (Lift baby into the air) Continue with two, three, four and five o’clock. Grab some number cards you already have, or write the numbers or clock faces/digital time you want to review on some construction...
read moreStar Spangled Books to Get Your Class in a Presidential Mood
Somehow we’ve blinked again and it’s February! Between Groundhog Day, Valentine’s and President’s Day, it’s a super busy month. We hope these books and activities will help you add a little patriotic flavor this month, as we get ready to honor Presidents Washington and Lincoln. Welcome Books are a great way to add non-fiction to your classroom bookshelves. Each page features a photograph rather than a traditional illustration – which helps to make distinguishing real from imaginary much easier for...
read moreQuick and Easy Valentine’s Patterns
Here’s a quick and easy way to review patterning – with a Valentine’s twist. Simply cut strips of 12″x18″ construction paper 3″ wide. Provide your students with some heart (or other shaped) foamies and some glue sticks (or white glue) and a strip of paper and you’re ready to make patterns. The more different shapes (or sizes of one shape) and colors of the foamies, the harder the activity will be. So, depending on your students, you may want to limit the number of different foamies you...
read morePipe Cleaner Snowflakes Blend Math and Fine Motor Skills with Kindergarten Art
These colorful snowflakes are a great chance to review patterns, and improve fine motor skills all while creating a winter art project any kindergartener would enjoy. Best of all, these are easy to prep – which is perfect for this busy time of year! No time to sneak this activity in before the break? No problem! These would work just as well in the new year. :) You’ll need some pipe cleaners (1.5 for each child – we used white, but silver or pale blue would work great, too), and some beads. How many beads depends...
read moreListening and Following Directions with the Gingerbread Man
Run, run as fast as you can to do this fun activity with your kids that’s as seasonal as it is educational. CKA Treasurer and veteran Kindergarten teacher Heather Hardaway Morrow shares this great idea that offers opportunities to incorporate ELD, math and so much more! Ready to try this with your students? Scroll down to the bottom to download the PDFs. Gingerbread Man Listen and Follow Directions This Gingerbread Man template can be used in a variety of ways. We used it as a listening and following directions activity. ...
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Fall Leaf Patterns
The days are getting shorter and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. As the busy holiday season nears, give yourself a break with this quick and easy way to practice making patterns. Despite the easy preparation, this hands-on activity is not only fun and engaging, but it looks great as part of a seasonal bulletin board. Plus, handling the small little leaves is great fine motor practice! Fall leaf garlands are available at many dollar stores, or at arts and crafts stores. No scissors needed – the leaves will come off...
read moreNumber Rhymes Make Learning Numbers as Easy as 1, 2, 3!
Learning the numbers from 0-9 is a snap with these quick and easy rhymes. We recommend using them repeatedly throughout your day (when you do calendar, count how many kids are present/absent/want lunch, or any other time you’re counting). With a little repetition, these poems will quickly become a helpful reminder of how to form the numbers. Number Poems 0 – Around and around and around we go – now we have the number zero. 1- Straight line down and now we’re done – now we have the number one. 2- First you make a...
read more10 Little Fingers, a Number Song in English and Spanish
Here’s a quick and easy counting song that you can sing in English and Spanish. (To the Tune of Ten Little Indians) 1 little, 2 little, 3 little fingers 4 little, 5 little, 6 little fingers, 7 little, 8 little, 9 little fingers, 10 little fingers in a row. 2 hands, ten little fingers,2 hands, ten little fingers, 2 hands, ten little fingers, Come and sing with me! Uno, dos, tres deditos, Cuatro, cinco, seis deditos, Siete, ocho, nueve deditos, Y uno mas son diez. Dos manitos, diez deditos, Dos manitos, diez deditos, Dos...
read moreOur 31st Annual Conference
We are thrilled to announce that our 31st conference in January, was a huge success! We are so thankful to Jim Gill, Peggy Campbell Rush and all of our great presenters who made it a fabulous time. It was wonderful to see so many of you there! We hope you're planning to join us in 2014!
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