Counting a messy group

What this lesson shows

9 scattered balls. Tick each one as it is counted, so none is counted twice or missed.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: 9 balls. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

1. Start on the left
2. Tick each one as you count
3. One tick each, no more
4. The last number tells how many

Helping at home

Read each box aloud. Your kid makes a small tick on each thing as they count it, starting on the left, then writes the last number said.

If your kid gets stuck

Tick each one as you count it. The last number tells how many.

Standards

• Common Core K.CC.B.5
  Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.
• Common Core K.CC.A.3
  Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).

More in this unit

• Touch and count
• The last number tells how many
• Moved, but still the same
• Counting rows to 20
• Count out just enough
• Don't skip a number
• First, second, third
• New order, same count
• One more each time
• How many at a glance