Numbers to 10, adding and subtracting

Point to each picture and count to 5. Matching a numeral to a quantity is the first step in number sense.

Count to 10 and fill in missing numbers. The goal is feeling "how many", not just reciting.

Compare two numbers, pick the bigger or smaller one, and count backwards.

Name circles, triangles and squares, then count their sides.

Spot the repeating pattern and choose what comes next: the start of algebraic thinking.

Put pictures together and take them away to feel what adding and subtracting mean.

Compare bars to find the longest and the shortest. Measuring starts with comparing.

Split 5 and 10 into two parts and put them back together: the key skill behind carrying.

Start with pictures, move to equations, then solve addition with a missing number.

From take-away pictures to equations and missing-number subtraction.

Read o'clock and half past on an analog clock.

Learn pentagons and hexagons, and find shapes by their number of sides.

Find the most and the fewest in a simple table or picture graph.