In our Kindergarten program, math is a voyage of discovery.  Many children come to us in September, already counting and recognizing some numbers. But Math is more that counting from 1-10.  The seeds we sow in Kindergarten lay the groundwork for higher-order math thinking in the upper grades.  Being able to find patterns with ease, or deconstruct a number in many ways is crucial for the primary grade mathematician.  Likewise, immediate recognition of tally marks or the numbers on a die will give our little learners a skill-set that will allow them to concentrate on mathematical processes in the future, rather that counting the number of dots they see on the die for example.

 

Here is a product I use to work on those skills.  It is a card game, and everyone loves games.  I play it like concentration or “Go-Fish”.