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!
Kindergarten 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 moreCounting and Cardinality #1: Know the Names and the Count Sequence/Speaking and Listening: Comprehension and Collaboration; Particpants in Collaborative Conversations with Diverse Partners…
July 2011 – Common Core State Standard for Counting and Cardinality #1: Know the names and the count sequence. Common Core State Standard for Speaking and Listening #1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. School is just around the corner! Want some new ideas on teaching numerals 1-9 to start the year? Here’s a lesson plan and a thematic plan to get you off to a good start. Lesson Plan: Counting the...
read morePractice Letters, Numbers and Words with Water, June 28, 2011
While it’s suddenly not feeling very much like summer anymore, we’re hopeful we’ll soon be back to sunshine and you can use today’s Tuesday Teaching Tip! Make learning letters, numbers, sight words, CVC words or shapes fun when you paint them with water. Just grab a container full of water and some paintbrushes and head outside to a hard surface on a sunny day. No prep and no mess – just lots of fun...
read morePatriotic Patterns – June 21, 2011
Happy first day of summer! The 4th of July is right around the corner. For a quick review of patterns, grab one of those star wire garlands you can get at the dollar store, or at a party store. This time of year you should be able to find them in red, silver and blue. Simply pull the stars off – no cutting required. One garland should be enough for your entire class to do this activity. If you have to buy 3 garlands (because they’re each just a single color rather than a multi-colored one) then you’ll have enough for the...
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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