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Counting Activities
This page provides examples of counting activities aligned with the
Early Childhood Assessment in Mathematics (ECAM) continuum for counting.
These activities can be used by teachers or parents to support
students' progress within a stage or to promote movement to the next
stage on the continuum.
Resources required for some of the
activities listed, such as dot cards, numeral cards, five frames, and
ten frames can be found on the
Math Resources
page.
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Stage A: These children are just
beginning to learn the ‘counting by ones’ sequence. They can recite
small sections of the counting sequence. When counting objects, they are
just beginning to coordinate one object with each number name.
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POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES |
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Stage B: These children are confident
counting to ten. They can recite the counting sequence beyond ten,
coordinate counting objects with number names to at least ten and can
use materials to show a given number less than ten.
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Stage C: These children are
proficient at counting objects by ones. They know the counting sequence
to at least thirty and can coordinate counting objects with number
names beyond twenty.
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POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES Counting On Cup |
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Stage D: These children can mentally
manipulate the ‘counting by ones’ sequence. They can start the counting
sequence at numbers other than one, and count on by ones.
 
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POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES |
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Stage E: These children are beginning
to count in various intervals (skip count). They can skip count forward
by twos, fives and tens. They can count backward by ones from twenty.
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POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES One Less (21-30) *Also see the Skip Counting Game on the IWB Resources K-2 Number page |
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Stage F: These children are proficient with counting in various intervals. They can skip count by various numbers, and can count by fives and tens starting at any number. They can count backward by ones from larger numbers. |
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