Teaching to Count, Part 2

After K. learned to count to 30 she got the idea that you just add the -one, -two, -three, etc. to the 30, 40, 50, and so forth. She did real great if I supplied the 40, 50, 60 . . ., but she had trouble remembering them in the right order. Since she is a visual learner, I decided to make this way to practice. It involves both visual and kinesthetic learning.

I took 4 x 6 cards and cut them in half, then wrote two sets of the numbers 1 - 9 and three of the number 0. Lay the first set out like this and have your child count 0 - 9, pointing at each card when they say the number.

Then have your child take the 1 from the second set and move it along the columns of numbers as they say the numbers. Do the same with the 2, 3, 4, etc. counting to 100.

This exercise really helped K. understand how the numbers progress.