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!
Calendar Cut Outs Make Practicing Numbers as Easy as 1, 2, 3!
Looking for a way to make math time more interactive? Grab some old calendar numbers and have your students work in teams to put them in order. Not only is this activity easy to prepare, it’s also easy to make it fit whatever your theme is, since the numbers are available to go with so many different ones. Of course, when they’re done sequencing them, you could have your students record their work (ie, write the numbers from 1-30), or practice a different skill and count out the right number of counters (beans, buttons, etc.)...
read moreDear Mr. President
Did you know you can write the president? Even better – you’ll get a response! You can choose to send a traditional letter or email the President. This is a great way to add a present day touch to your President’s Day studies and incorporate writing into your social studies lessons. If you’re looking for a math lesson, these patriotic patterns will add some sparkle. Looking for some books to support your teaching? Welcome Books are a great series of non-fiction books with wonderful photographs and simple text...
read moreKiss Boredom Good bye and Say Hello to Hands-on Math Graphing
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, here’s a cute activity that’s guaranteed to have your students excited about graphing! Kissables are available in snack sized bags, making this a super easy hands-on math activity to prepare for, too. Just make enough copies of the recording sheet for your kids, and hand each of them a bag of candy. (Ziploc bags make it easy for them to take their candy home). Students who have more experience with graphing may be able to count out the number of candies of each color and...
read moreHundredth Day of School Scavenger Hunt
The year is flying by and the Hundredth Day of school is almost here! There are so many great ways to celebrate this milestone. Get your students up and actively practicing number recognition (all the way to 100!) with a scavenger hunt. To get ready, simply write the numbers from 1-100 on some color coding labels. (You can use any other little stickers or even tape that you have around, but these stickers are super easy to remove and the colors add a nice twist. If you write the numbers out on the stickers as they are on the paper,...
read moreWintery Trees Weave Math Into Art
Here’s a quick and easy way to weave some math practice into an art activity. You’ll need a sheet of 9×12″ blue construction paper and three squares per student out of plain white copy paper (of course, construction paper will work, too, but it’s not necessary). You can vary the sizes depending on how big you’d like the trees to turn out, but the ones pictured were 5″, 4″ and 3″. That’s IT! You’ve now finished prepping this activity! Have your kids cut the squares in...
read moreAll That Glitters is (Fake) Snow – An Easy Way to Add Sparkle to a Winter Art Activity
Add some sparkle to any winter art activity with a little fake snow. Simply have the kids dot white glue wherever they would like the snow to stick. Then sprinkle it over the top and shake off the excess. Super easy and fun! For more wintery lesson plans, check out Let it Snow! A Quick and Easy Winter Art Activity and Snowy Sight Words. For more information on how to make the patterns pictured, check out #4 from our 5 Easy Hands-on Ways to Make...
read more5 Easy Hands-on Ways to Make Patterns
Kindergarten math lends itself to so many hand-on math activities! We’re pretty sure you’ll agree with us that these ways to practice making patterns are much more fun than worksheets! We hope you’ll find them quick and easy to prepare, too. 1) Beans. From lima to kidney, black to pinto, beans are cheap, and readily available. Plenty of different colors and sizes means it’s easy to have lots of variety in the patterns the kids make. Give your kids several different kinds to make this activity more...
read moreTen Little Pumpkins – Counting in Kindergarten is Just Halloween Fun!
One little, two little, three little pumpkins, Four little, five little, six little pumpkins, Seven little, eight little, nine little pumpkins, Ten little pumpkins for Hal-lo-ween. Additional verses: One little, two little, three little ghosts…Ten little ghosts say, “BOO”. One little, two little, three little skeletons…Ten little skeletons go rattle, rattle, rattle! One little, two little, three little witches…Ten little witches say “He, he, he, he, he!” (Or, “Happy Halloween”) Looking for more Halloween ideas? Check...
read moreFive Little Pumpkins – A Halloween Poem
Hurrah for October! This traditional Halloween poem is seasonal and fun while it helps you teach rhyming and ordinal numbers. Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate (hold up five fingers) The first one said, “My, it’s getting late.” (put palms to cheeks) The second one said, “There are witches in the air.” (point to sky) The third one said, “But we don’t care.” (wag finger) The fourth one said, “Let’s run and run and run.” (pantomime running with arms at sides) The...
read moreKindergarten Math: Sing the Days of the Week
Make learning the days of the week a snap (hehe) with this cute little song that will have your kids singing along in no time! To the Adams Family Tune: Days of the week. (Snap, snap). Days of the week. (Snap, snap). Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week. (Snap, snap). There’s Sunday and there’s Monday, There’s Tuesday and there’s Wednesday, There’s Thursday and there’s Friday, And then there’s Saturday. Do you have a favorite way to teach the days of the week? Please...
read moreOur 30th Annual Conference
Thank you all for making our 30th Annual California Kindergarten Conference such a success! We were so glad to be able to celebrate with so many of you! This year's conference sold out, so make sure you keep an eye out here and on our Facebook page and we'll keep you posted on next year's!
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