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PSPKK123 June 2, 2017  •  28 Comments

Teach counting to ten with a counting bin

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Teach counting to ten with a fun collection of free printables!

Teach counting to ten with these simple activities and free printables!

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Counting to ten feels so basic, doesn’t it?

It’s actually  more complicated than you might think!

Just think about everything preschoolers are learning as they count …

  • the stable order principle
  • one-to-one-correspondence
  • cardinality
  • subitizing

That’s why young learners need many concrete counting experiences as they master counting to ten. This is a six-part series that will give you ideas and resource for teaching this important skill.

Teach counting to ten with free printables

You’ve asked for low-prep activities that use very little computer ink. I’ve heard you!

Each post in this series includes teaching tips and a simple black and white printable.

I recommend preparing each printable as it’s shared. Then store it in a bin with simple manipulatives. This way you can pull it out for fun counting practice at any time.

Teach counting to ten with these simple activities and free printables!
Our counting bin

Materials List

  • Counters.  We like teddy bear counters, Lego bricks, pennies, unifix cubes, glass gems, and transparent counters.
  • Free printables. Just click on the posts below and find the download button to grab your freebie. I recommend printing on cardstock and laminating for durability.
  • Preschool Math at Home (optional). This wonderful book was the inspiration for many of the activities in this series. If you want to help your child develop an understanding of the numbers up to ten, this guide is for you!

Just click on the image to take you to the post!

      

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Filed Under: Math, Counting, Number recognition Tagged With: counting, preschool, kindergarten, Pre-K

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Reader Interactions

28 Comments

  1. Anu

    June 4, 2017 at 8:50 pm

    Dear Anna,
    The printables look so good.Pictorial and so child friendly
    Looking forward to printing,laminating and using them.
    Thanks
    Warm Regards
    Anu

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      June 5, 2017 at 10:08 pm

      I look forward to sharing them, Anu!

      Reply to this comment
  2. Juana

    June 4, 2017 at 10:13 pm

    Can’t wait! And we have that book and love it too! I love that you’re creating some more math activities- great for my little ones- any chance you can create more math concept activities for grade 1 and up?? ?

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      June 5, 2017 at 10:08 pm

      Any particular concept you’re looking for, Juana?

      Reply to this comment
  3. Sonja

    June 4, 2017 at 10:57 pm

    Hi Anna!

    How are you?
    I didn’t find the link to download the free printable.
    Can you help me out?
    Kind regards,
    Sonja

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      June 5, 2017 at 10:08 pm

      No free printables yet – this is the introductory post. 🙂 But check back in a few days and you’ll find the link to the first set. In six weeks you’ll have links to all six printables.

      Reply to this comment
  4. Donna

    June 5, 2017 at 6:11 am

    This looks awesome!! I teach students in K-2nd grade with special needs and many of them function at a 2-3 year old level so this looks like it will be great to add to my daily instruction!
    Thanks so much for all you create!
    Donna

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      June 5, 2017 at 10:09 pm

      Yay! Sounds like this series will be a great fit for your learners, Donna! 🙂

      Reply to this comment
  5. Jan Sheppard

    June 5, 2017 at 7:27 am

    These look fantastic! I can’t wait. Thank you for sharing all your hard work!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      June 5, 2017 at 10:09 pm

      You’re welcome, Jan! Thanks for reading!

      Reply to this comment
  6. Donna Depner

    June 5, 2017 at 8:57 am

    I get to school early so i can check out all the wonderful ideas. will be looking forward to receiving these great projects for class as I teach during summer months as well.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      June 5, 2017 at 10:09 pm

      I’m looking forward to sharing them with you, Donna! 🙂

      Reply to this comment
  7. Susan

    June 11, 2017 at 7:53 pm

    Hi Anna,
    Looking forward to the other posts and freebies in your “counting to ten” series of posts and thank you so much! Looking ahead to the July 7th post about using 5- and 10-frames, I see the 10-frame is a single strip with 10 frames. In your neck of the woods, do you also use a 10-frame that has two rows with 5 frames in each? I teach in New Brunswick, and we use the latter. With amounts greater than 5 (say, 8 for example), the top row would be filled with a manip or dots and then three more frames get filled on the bottom row starting on the left side – can you picture that?! Students learn to tell the amount more accurately and efficiently because they subitize the top row as 5 and then count on the other three frames OR they may simply see that there are two empty squares and 8 is the number that is two less than ten. I have also visited the author’s website of ‘Preschool Math At Home’ and it is fantastic! She, too, uses a single strip for the 10-frame in her book. Regardless, there are lots of great ideas there! Sorry about the length of this comment….can you tell I’m supposed to be writing report cards right now?!! (We teach until June 23rd here!)
    Susan 🙂

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      June 11, 2017 at 8:17 pm

      Hi Susan! Yes, I definitely use 10 frames in the way you described and, in fact, usually use them that way. In the post I’ll share ways to use them both ways. 🙂 Hang in there… you’re almost done!!

      Reply to this comment
  8. Vanaja Sathiskumar

    June 20, 2017 at 4:08 am

    You could use colored big buttons too for the counting games.Each of your ideas are unique.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      July 1, 2017 at 7:11 am

      Yes, buttons are such a fun manipulative!

      Reply to this comment
  9. Rachel Gerhartz

    June 20, 2017 at 11:38 am

    Hi Anna!
    Thanks for all the wonderful posts on counting to 10. Sure do appreciate your freebies. I wasn’t able to find the link to download the June 16 set so just wondering if I am missing something. Thanks again for sharing your great ideas!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      June 20, 2017 at 11:49 am

      Hi Rachel! I need to link it up in this post, but here’s the link: https://www.themeasuredmom.com/free-printable-counting-mats/

      Reply to this comment
  10. Rebecca Sorg

    July 8, 2017 at 7:52 pm

    Thank you for doing this series. I think your Three and my Three are pretty close in age (DD is an early March birthday) so it’s great to see what you are currently doing with yours. I also love that so many of these things can be printed, laminated, and reused when my 2 and my soon to be newborn reach these ages. (I.e. I dont have to be able to find the worksheets again to reprint for them).

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      August 12, 2017 at 9:18 pm

      Sorry for the delay in answering your comment, Rebecca! You are right – my Three has an end of January birthday, so they are close in age. I’m so glad you’re findings things her to use with her and your other kids. I too am saving these for a younger sibling. 🙂

      Reply to this comment
  11. Cindi

    July 16, 2017 at 7:42 am

    Anna,
    Thanks so much for sharing these great math activities!! I am a kindergarten interventionist and many of the students that I see in groups begin kindergarten without number sense 1-10. I look forward to using these materials with my students in September.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      August 12, 2017 at 9:26 pm

      I’m so glad to hear you can use these, Cindi!

      Reply to this comment
  12. melodie

    March 2, 2018 at 6:54 pm

    Thank you so much ms. Anna for sharing your hard work…It’s fantastic!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      March 4, 2018 at 7:39 am

      You’re very welcome, Melodie!

      Reply to this comment
  13. Ann

    August 10, 2020 at 8:04 pm

    love your free printables….however was disappointed on the amount of print under the Teddy Bear Count strips.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      August 10, 2020 at 8:27 pm

      I guess it’s not possible to please everyone with all my free printables. 🙂

      Reply to this comment

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