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Kindergarten Math Activities: Number
The tables below provide examples of Kindergarten Math Activities aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Number.
All activities are suitable for use in Math Centers, small group or whole class settings and are designed to provide opportunities for students to communicate their reasoning and mathematical thinking. Files for all Kindergarten Math Activities are in PDF format and can be accessed using Adobe Reader.
KINDERGARTEN MATH ACTIVITIES: NUMBER
| COUNTING AND CARDINALITY | Know number names and the count sequence
K.CC1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens.
Possible Activities:
Number Puzzles (1-10): Laminate each puzzle and cut into 10 vertical strips. Students order numbers 1-10 to create picture.
Dinosaur Puzzle 1
Dinosaur Puzzle 2
Fire Engine Puzzle
Double Decker Bus Puzzle
School Bus Puzzle
Taxi Puzzle
Zoo Puzzle
Missing Number Game
Missing Number Before, After, Between
Counting Rhymes
Counting Read Alouds
K.CC2 Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).
Possible Activities:
Counting on Cup
Count on Two More
Show One More
One More on the Ten Frame
Nearby Teens Game
Nearby Teens Gameboard
K.CC3 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).
Possible Activities:
Representing Numbers in 3 Ways
Missing Numbers 1-10
Race to Trace (1-6)
Race to Trace (2-12)
Race to Trace (11-22)
Dice Race
Numeral Handwriting Sheets 1-10
More Handwriting 1-9
Handwriting Sheets 11-20
Count to tell the number of objects
K.CC4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.
a. When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object.
b. Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted. The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted.
c. Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.
Possible Activities:
Counting Cards 1-10
My Counting Book (print double sided)
Five Frame Match
Five Frame Flash
Five Frame Numeral Match
Five Frame Concentration
Blank Five Frame
Ten Frame Dice Match
Ten Frame Flash
Ten Frame Numeral Match
Fill the Frame (1-10)
Fill the Frames (1-20)
*Blank 5 and 10 frames and enlarged frames with dots can be found on the Math Resources page.
K.CC5 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.
Possible Activities:
Domino Jigsaws
Number Jigsaws
Playdough Numbers
Counting Cup
Compare numbers
K.CC6 Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group
Possible Activities:
Greater Than/Less Than
K.CC7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.
Greater Than
Less Than
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KINDERGARTEN MATH ACTIVITIES: NUMBER
| OPERATIONS AND ALGEBRAIC THINKING | Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from
K.OA1 Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.
Possible Activities:
Unifix Towers
Make 5 on the Five Frame
K.OA2 Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g. by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.
Possible Activities:
Dot Card Addition Dot Cards 1-12
Domino Addition
Make 10 on the Ten Frame
My Ten Frame Riddle
Part Whole Mats
K.OA3 Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g. by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g. 5= 2 + 3 and 5 = 4+1)
Possible Activities:
Hide the Cubes
Possible Read Alouds: (see task cards in right hand column)
- Mouse Count
- 10 Flashing Fireflies
K.OA4 For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation.
Possible Activities:
Facts of Ten
Make 10
Making Apple Ten Packs
K.OA5 Fluently add and subtract within five
Sums of Five
Five Squares
Facts of Five
Shake 5 and Spill
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KINDERGARTEN MATH ACTIVITIES: NUMBER| NUMBERS AND OPERATIONS IN BASE TEN | Work with numbers 11-19 to gain foundations for place value
K.NBT1 Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g. 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.
Possible Activities:
Teens on the Ten Frame
Teens on the Ten Frame Book
*Large Ten Frames (11-20) can be found on the Math Resources page.
Tens and Ones with Unifix Cubes
My Double Ten-Frame Riddle
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