Kids counting to 10
When Do Kids Start Counting to 10?
Feb 12, 2022 Counting to 10 is a major developmental milestone to which many parents look forward. But, at what point should your child start to learn numbers, and when should they be able to count to 10?
In This Article
- When Should My Toddler Learn to Count to 10?
- Do you feel like your child should be counting by now?
- When Do Children Understand Basic Math Concepts?
- 9 Early Math Games for Kids Learning to Count to 10
- 1. Coin counting game
- 2. Magnetic fishing game
- 3. Songs about numbers
- 4. Get active while counting
- 5. Speech Blubs’ “Numbers and Me” section
Math is all around us and from the moment children start exploring the world, they are learning. Whether they are identifying shapes, recognizing patterns, or predicting events, these are all mathematical concepts that develop as a child ages. But, at what age do children start to understand numbers?
The truth is, children will recite numbers before they actually understand the concept behind them. Though every child is different, most toddlers will be able to count to 10 by the time they are two-years-old. At this point in time they are probably repeating them mostly by memory and have yet to understand what they actually mean.
This concept is known as “rote” counting. Rote counting is when a child can say numbers in order, and is mostly learned through hearing the numbers repeatedly said out loud by others.
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When rote counting to 10, children may be able to cite numbers in order or may jump from number to number randomly. The more they hear others count, the more confident they will become in reciting the proper number orders.
Note: Don’t panic if your child is not able to count to 10 by the time they are 2-years-old. This is the average age that children learn to count, but is by no means definitive.
All children learn at their own pace and some will learn more quickly than others. You can help your child learn numbers by working with them on a regular basis and engaging in toddler math activities.
When Do Children Understand Basic Math Concepts?We mentioned above that even though most toddlers can cite their numbers by 2, they don’t necessarily understand the concept behind them.
Children don’t actually start to understand the concepts of counting until between 2-4 years of age.
The first sign that your child is starting to understand the concept behind numbers is with a skill known as one-to-one correspondence. You will often see this during playtime. One-to-one correspondence is when children start to group objects, pointing to each one as they count them. Again, this math skill is often learned by copying others.
The next stage is understanding what these numbers represent. For example, if you count “one,” “two,” “three” cars, then there are three cars total in that group.
Once children start to understand this concept, the next stage is pairing numbers with their written numerals. Most children can start to understand this pairing by their preschool years, or 3-4 years of age.
Other mathematical concepts that are usually developed by the preschool years include the ability to recognize shapes, use classifications (height, size, etc.
), use spatial awareness for puzzles, and start predicting cause and effect relationships.
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9 Early Math Games for Kids Learning to Count to 10
Here are some early math games for kids that you can do with your toddler to help them learn numbers and to count to 10:
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Coin counting gameIf you give a toddler a beautiful toy, what will they want to play with? A box. This is because toddlers love “real-life” toys and often prefer them to plastic kids’ toys.
With a toddler, things like boxes, pots, and pans, and money will attract more attention than any toddler toy – so why not utilize this to your advantage?
To encourage counting for preschoolers, let them count coins. At the same time, you can work on sorting the coins by size and on learning the different values of the coins.
Each of these are mathematical concepts that will develop over time, but that you can encourage by practicing regularly.
You can purchase magnetic fishing games at almost any store that sells children’s toys.
These games are exactly what you would think they are – children use a magnetic pole to go “fishing” for magnetic fish.
Encourage your child to count the number of fish as they catch them. Not only will this encourage counting, but it will also help them with their hand-eye coordination.
3. Songs about numbersChildren love to sing and dance, and singing songs together is a great way to enhance learning. It is a perfect math game for kids, since they won’t even know they are learning! And when it comes to counting to 10, there are many songs out there that can help your child learn.
All you have to do is search YouTube for “number songs,” and you can choose from a long list of catchy tunes to help your child learn their numbers – and have a blast while doing it.
When it comes to learning, we always like to encourage you to get your children outside. And when it comes to mathematics, nature is one of the most educational places your child can be.
Why? Because there are examples of math all over – the symmetry of a snowflake, the pattern of a pinecone, the geometry of a honeycomb, the height of different trees – math is everywhere you look. Of course, you can’t expect your toddler to understand the geometry of a honeycomb, but you can encourage them to count outdoors. **You also might check out Jon Scieszka’s bestseller, The Math Curse, for a fun story about a child who encounters math in everyday activities.
Go for a walk, choose a piece of nature (i.e., a tree), and see how many you can count on your way.
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5. Speech Blubs’ “Numbers and Me” sectionSpeech Blubs is a speech therapy app that can help toddlers and young children to work on their speech. It can be used by all children, including those at a “typical” developmental level, and those with developmental speech delays due to conditions like autism or other learning disabilities.
The NUM8ER5 AND M3 section of the app puts elementary numerical concepts on the tips of children’s tongues. It is a great early math game that you can use to teach counting to preschoolers.
Speech therapists will tell you that as children learn, the brain processes mathematical and linguistic stimulus in completely different locations of the brain.
But, by doing exercises that target both of these neural centers simultaneously, you can help pave new neural networks within the brain.
When using Speech Blubs, children’s participation will be rewarded with fun facts that show how various numbers appear within the world, on our bodies, and within society in general. Regular updates of fresh and new content keep the app exciting and interesting for young ones.
Remember, however, that while the app works to help kids learn numbers and the concepts behind them, children always reap the most benefits when their parents participate. In return, it’s important that you make time to laugh along, mimic the speech models with your child, and extend the ideas on the app into the real world so that they can gain more context.
The more time you spend doing toddler activities and using the Speech Blubs app with your child, the more benefits they will receive from it.
Teach numbers with Speech Blubs! Our fun section, NUM8ERS & M3 will help your toddler learn counting and develop his number sense in no time!
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Go on a Numbers HuntDraw numbers from 1 to 10 on large pieces of paper. Tape them on the objects around the playroom or in your living room. For example, one can be on a chair, two can be on the couch, three in the corner, four on the wall, five at the window, etc. When you shout out a number, your child has to go to that number and point to any object they represent! If they struggle you can give them clues. This activity is best for kids aged 3 or 4 when they have already learned the numbers by rote. It is also fun physical activity if you tell them they have to be as fast as possible or if you have more kids in the room who can compete to arrive first at the right number.
Find more ideas in this video about Number Recognition Preschool Activities:
Watch this video for more educational math activities for preschoolers!7.
Trace the NumbersFor this one, you need masking tape. Tape the shape of a number on a big piece of paper and ask your little one to trace them with colored pencils or sharpies. Besides the number writing practice, this activity is also great for working on their fine motor skills! If they like it, it can keep them occupied while you take some time off, prepare a meal, etc.
8. Sort the Colorful Mini Pom-Poms
Take an egg carton, and write a number in each of the egg compartments. Color each with a specific color. Now find objects to fit in the egg compartment that are the same color. This can be paper clips or small fluffy pom-poms you can get in the dollar store. Now match the number of pom-poms with the number and color in an egg compartment. For example, 1 yellow pom-pom, 2 red pom-poms, 3 green pom-poms, etc. Give your toddler the exact number of pom-poms for each color! Mix them up, and ask your child to sort them. They will be sorting for hours, learning colors and numbers at the same time.
9. Count with Legos
If you have Legos or any other toy building bricks at home, you can simply count them and learn numbers. Write numbers from one to 10 on a piece of paper. Below each number write a square or a box. Ask your child to put one Lego brick in the box under the number one, two under the number two, three under the number three, and so on. This will teach your child to compare what is less and what is more. You can also ask them: “Is one less than two? If I have two lego bricks, do I have more than one?” Don’t be too bothered with right or wrong answers (you can model to them what is right), the point is to just get them familiar with comparisons.
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The Best Songs For Learning to Count to 10
Learning to count is one if the first steps in learning numbers. Nursery rhymes have been a must-use activity around here.
If you are looking for the best songs for counting to 10 then this check out our favorites!
Here is a list of my favorite Youtubevideos that allowed me to reinforce our teachings at home when it comes to counting. You can play videos or your can just use the songs to practice, either way just make sure you repeat them a lot and count with your fingers as much as possible.
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Use Nursery Rhymes and songs for counting to 10
The ants go marching one by one
The ants go marching one by one Lyrics
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah.
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah.
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stops to suck his thumb.
And they all go marching down,
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
…two…tie her shoe…
…three….climb a tree…
…four…shut the door…
…five…take a dive…
…six…pick up sticks…
…seven…pray to heaven…
…eight…check the gate…
…nine…check the time…
…ten…say “The End!”
Counting to Four Sesame Street
Counting to Four Sesame Street Lyrics
One, two, three, four
Monsters walking ‘cross the floor
I love counting
Counting to the number four
Oh you’re counting
Counting with me
To one less than five
And one more than three
Oh, we’re counting to four
Oh, let’s count some more
One, two, three, four
Penguins that went by the door
I love counting
Counting to the number four
I see four here
I see four there
My favorite number
Nothing can compare
Oh, we’re counting to four
Oh, let’s count some more
One, two, three, four
Chickens just back from the shore
I love counting
Counting to the number four
Oh, we’re counting to four
Oh, let’s count some more
One, two, three, four
Chickens just back from the shore
One, two, three, four
Penguins that went by the door
One, two, three, four
Monsters walking ‘cross the floor
Counting to four
Counting to four
Counting to four
Counting to four
5 little Pumpkins – Super Simple Songs
5 little Pumpkins Super simple Songs Lyrics
One little pumpkin smiling, smiling.
One little pumpkin smiling, smiling.
One little pumpkin smiling, smiling.
One little pumpkin is happy.
Two little pumpkins pouting, pouting.
Two little pumpkins pouting, pouting.
Two little pumpkins pouting, pouting.
Two little pumpkins are grumpy.
Three little pumpkins yawning, yawning.
Three little pumpkins yawning, yawning.
Three little pumpkins yawning, yawning.
Three little pumpkins are sleepy.
Four little pumpkins crying, crying.
Four little pumpkins crying, crying.
Four little pumpkins crying, crying.
Four little pumpkins are sad.
Five little pumpkins laughing, laughing.
Five little pumpkins laughing, laughing.
Five little pumpkins laughing, laughing.
Five little pumpkins are playing.
1 2 3 4 5 Fish Alive
1 2 3 4 5 Fish Alive Lyrics
One, Two, Three, Four, Five,
Once I caught a fish alive,
Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten,
Then I threw him back again.
Why did you let him go?
Because he bit my finger so.
Which finger did he bite?
This little finger on my right
Counting Bananas – Super simple Songs
Counting Bananas Super simple Songs Lyrics
One banana, two bananas,
one, two, three.
Three bananas for me.
Four bananas, five bananas,
four, five, six.
Six bananas for me.
Seven, eight, nine, ten.
Ten bananas for me.
Eleven, twelve, thirteen.
Thirteen bananas for me.
Fourteen, fifteen, sixteen.
Sixteen bananas for me.
Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty!
Twenty bananas for me.
Bananas to the left.
Bananas to the right.
Bananas turn around.
Bananas sit down.
Now peel your bananas and take a bite!
10 Little Fishies
10 Little Fishies Lyrics
One little fishy swimming in the sea
Along came another one, and then there were two
Two little fishies swimming in the sea
Along came another one, and then there were three
Three little fishies swimming in the sea
Along came another one, and then there were fourSwimming, swimming, swimming in the sea
That big ol’ shark will never catch meFour little fishies swimming in the sea
Along came another one, and then there were five
Five little fishies swimming in the sea
Along came another one, and then there were six
Six little fishies swimming in the sea
Along came another one, and then there were sevenSwimming, swimming, swimming in the sea
That big ol’ shark will never catch meSeven little fishies swimming in the sea
Along came another one, and then there were eight
Eight little fishies swimming in the sea
Along came another one, and then there were nine
Nine little fishies swimming in the sea
Along came another one, and then there were tenSwimming, swimming, swimming in the sea
That big ol’ shark will never catch meSwimming, swimming, swimming in the sea
That big ol’ shark will never catch meSwimming, swimming, swimming in the sea
That big ol’ shark will never catch meHe’ll never
Never
Never
Never
That big ol’ shark will never catch me!
10 Little Airplanes
10 Little Airplanes Lyrics
1 little, 2 little, 3 little airplanes. 4 little, 5 little, 6 little airplanes. 7 little, 8 little, 9 little airplanes. 10 little airplanes….whooosh!
10 little, 9 little, 8 little airplanes. 7 little, 6 little, 5 little airplanes. 4 little, 3 little, 2 little airplanes. 1 little airplane….whooosh!
Zoom Zoom zoom We’re Going to the moon
Zoom Zoom zoom We’re Going to the moon Lyrics
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We’re going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We’ll be there very soon
So, if you’d like to take a trip
Just step inside my rocket ship.
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We’re going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We’ll be there very soon
10 – 9 – 8 -7 – 6 – 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 0 – Lift OFF !!!
What’s Next?
Once your child can recite the numbers using these songs for counting to 10, you can start working on one on one correspondence. Check out our How to start teaching numbers guide.
step-by-step instructions with expert advice
Counting is inextricably linked with our whole life and is an important element of it. But how to teach a child to count from 1 to 10 and to understand numbers in general so that learning becomes a joy, not a punishment?
EVGENIA GOLITSYNA
Author of the KP
Natalya Melnichuk
Head, teacher-psychologist
of children's developmental programs
"Zvezdochka"
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Elena Balakina
Psychologist-Pedagogue for early Development,
employee of the Dandelion Children's Center
Irina Musinova
Mental
arithmetic "Abus Crimea"
Elena Sapozhozhni 9000 children
preschool age "Freckle"
It is hard to imagine that we all once did not know how to count, because it seems that this skill is as natural to a person as seeing, breathing or speaking.
Even those who, for some reason, cannot read and write, still navigate in a simple account. There are, on the contrary, the only ones who instantly perform the most complex mathematical calculations in their minds. But all this is not an innate gift, but the result of the training that each of us underwent in childhood. This is a task that every parent invariably faces: how to teach a child to count and not discourage him from learning? How to turn boring activities into an exciting game? how to develop counting skills in him, and perhaps discover a future mathematical genius in his son or daughter?
Step-by-step instructions for teaching a child to count
Adults think and perceive the world differently: someone is better at handling images and objects, while someone is easier to navigate in abstract mathematical categories. As for young children, everything is simpler here: with rare exceptions, they all perceive the world through objects, and abstractions for the time being are beyond their understanding.
Therefore, in order to teach a child to count, it is necessary to operate either with the objects themselves or with their images. The first is preferable, since it is very important that the baby can not only see what he has to count, but also feel, smell, and even, possibly, try on the tooth. The reason lies precisely in the fact that he needs to link an abstract number with an object that is understandable to him, real and tangible by all the senses. It can be fruits, vegetables, sweets, toys, and even your own fingers (in this case, of course, you should not try it on the tooth). It is especially important to work with objects when you are dealing with very young children aged 1.5-2 years. Older guys are already excellent at operating with pictures.
“Doggy and Cat”
You can start training at about a year and a half, but at this age, when the child still doesn’t really know how to speak, you shouldn’t expect any outstanding results from him.
Just introduce him to the concept of counting - lay out toys in front of him and say: “Here is one dog. But the dog and the cat” and so on. Give the baby a toy in each pen so that he subconsciously associates their number with the number of hands. In a word, prepare him for future learning.
Count everything you see
From the age of three you can start full-fledged education. And start with the simplest, with the fingers, because there are just ten of them.
Starting from this age, try to talk to your child about numbers as much as possible. These can be the simplest phrases: “We live on the third floor”, “We need bus number 15, and we get off at the fourth stop”, and so on.
Ask the child to count all the objects he sees, as well as steps, stairs and any actions he takes. At this stage of learning, it is already quite possible to work with pictures, so you can make special cards that show a different number of objects known to the baby: one apple, two plums, three berries.
All kinds of counting verses are very useful at this stage - they are easy to remember, and counting is learned along with them.
In general, when starting to teach a child to count, remember two important things.
1. Until about 5 years old, a child cannot operate with abstract concepts, so the account must necessarily be tied to specific objects - real or drawn. For the same reason, do not immediately try to show the child how to write numbers, at least until he begins to confidently count to 10 and solve simple addition and subtraction problems.
2. Never scold your baby for mistakes, but don't begrudge praise. Studying should evoke only positive emotions in him, and the approval of his parents gives him an incentive to study better.
Some effective ways to teach your child to count
Finger counting
The easiest way to teach your child to count to ten.
Assign a name to each finger that will correspond to its serial number. At first, one pen is enough. When the baby learns to name each finger, try to do the same with him, only in reverse order, and then at random. When everything works out, connect the other hand. And at the very end, try to master the concept of zero. This is easy to do: ask the child to squeeze the fist so that not a single finger is bent, or hide the hand behind the back. Fingers are not visible, they are not in front of the eyes, and their absence means zero, or nothing.
More-less
A useful exercise that will later help the child solve examples and determine the number by eye. Divide any items into two unequal groups and ask him to determine where there are fewer and where there are more.
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Counting objects
Count with your child all the objects that come into view.
It is especially convenient to do this with apples or sweets (which can then be successfully consumed for its intended purpose). They are also useful for simple calculations. For example, ask your child the following tasks: “I have three candies in my hand. I give you two. How many candies do I have left? The main thing is that the child sees the counted objects and clearly understands their number.
Equal to all
This simple and effective method is offered by the famous teacher Maria Montessori. True, it is suitable for those children who are already familiar with counting to ten. When there are several people in the room (or, for example, you and your dog will be there), ask the child to bring enough sweets from the kitchen so that there is enough for everyone. Thus, you will invite him to count all those present, and then sweets.
By the way, this exercise develops in the child not only counting skills, but also the ability to share and give.
Popular Questions and Answers
At what age can children start learning to count?
Natalya Melnichuk, head, teacher-psychologist of developmental programs at the Zvyozdochka Children's Center (Simferopol):
— We teach children counting from the age of two. We study the score by playing various games with the help of counting material. Anything can act as a counting material: capsules from kinder surprises, various wooden or plastic figures, balls. Mobile musical games work very well, aimed at collecting the right amount of items.
How should I start teaching my child to count?
Elena Balakina, psychologist-teacher for early development, employee of the children's center "Dandelion" (Simferopol):
- To teach a child to count, you must, first of all, learn ordinal counting.
To do this, we count everything in a row: flowers, sweets, mushrooms, pencils. Then we introduce the concepts of "add" and "subtract". All actions are carried out with illustrative examples.
How to teach a child to count quickly?
Natalya Melnichuk:
— We are talking about counting from 1 to 10, so we are talking about younger preschoolers. Here we are talking about the speed of counting is inappropriate. Here, rather, it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that the child does not memorize the score as a verse. And play quantitative-visual games. And so that the numbers were scattered, and not in order. By the age of four, you can also give a countdown.
In order for children to count quickly, you need to constantly train. The more training, the faster the score will be. Exercise, exercise and more exercise! Practice every day, count everything you see, play counting games with your child.
The main thing is more. But here you need to understand that all children are different and you cannot demand the same results from them: some learn quickly, others slower. Yes, and the exercises should also be different, because someone perceives information by ear, someone just remembers the numbers, and someone needs objects to count. Therefore, to begin with, determine the way your child thinks and only after that select exercises for him that will eventually teach him to count quickly.
Irina Musinova, director of the Abakus Krym mental arithmetic center (Simferopol):
— To increase your counting speed, you need to use simple simulators that you can make yourself. Write on a piece of paper simple arithmetic examples that the child already knows how to solve, but give the child a time frame: you must solve so many examples in such and such time (it should be small, but real). Thus, you set the pace for him to count. When it is not possible to solve all the examples at once, I console my students with these words: “Don't worry, it's just that these examples were not ready to be solved.
They went on vacation at sea, and when they return, you will immediately solve them. Children laugh and are no longer upset because something did not work out for them.
Elena Balakina:
— Parents should understand that systematic homework will help develop their children's mathematical abilities. You don't need a lesson for this. It is simply necessary, in everyday life, to set simple tasks: “Count how many saucers are on the table”, “How many sweets do you have? And if you eat two candies, how many will remain? Over time, tasks should become more difficult, and oral counting skills should improve.
How to teach a child to count mentally?
Natalya Melnichuk:
— If we are talking about very young children, then it is impossible to demand mental arithmetic from them, they simply will not be able to understand it, since they are able to think only in categories of specific objects.
But starting from the age of 4, the child should already know both the numbers themselves and the concept of quantity.
Our children and I are learning to count from 1 to 10 on our fingers - this is the easiest way for them. And gradually, instead of actually bending the fingers, we move on to visualization, that is, they imagine how the fingers are bent. And so they learn to count in the mind. But, as I said, it is easier for someone, more difficult for someone. There are children who easily memorize not only numbers, but also immediately learn the concepts of the composition of a number, that is, 5 for them is also 1 + 4, 2 + 3, and so on. Some people need more time to learn how to count in their minds - everything is very individual.
Irina Musinova:
— Children most often perceive mathematics in the form of images. We have kids who I teach to count in the usual way, but more often than not, children begin to count better when they see objects: beads, figurines, pencils, sticks - whatever. Children have developed imaginative thinking. Recall how your child plays with toys the situations he saw in cartoons. That is, he remembers, and then reproduces.
This method helps: count on some objects, and the next day ask him to imagine them and remember what mathematical operations were performed with them. It is better that the things that you use when counting with your baby are bright, so it will be easier for him to remember them.
Children love to write on the blackboard and remember what was written on it very well. Therefore, when I subsequently begin to write on the board those examples that we have already gone through, the students immediately recall them.
Elena Balakina:
— By the age of 5-6, we begin to prepare the child for mental counting. This is a difficult task, so the preparation is slow and gradual. After operating with visual aids, we replace them with cards, then ask the children to solve an example without cards, but you can say everything out loud.
When it starts to work out, we ask the children to speak "in secret", that is, in a whisper. After long training, children are able to count in their minds.
What is the most effective method of teaching children to count?
Elena Sapozhnik, employee of the preschool development studio "Vesnushka" (Simferopol):
— There are two main aspects in learning to count. The first is memorizing a character (number). Not all preschoolers can do this quickly due to developmental characteristics. Here it is important to give an association, an interesting image of this figure. The second is the ratio of numbers and quantities. Here, games like “give the bear so many candies, and the bunny so many apples” work well.
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How to teach your child to count
Many children come to the first grade already with counting skills, so it is important for parents to teach them in advance. Today there are many techniques that make it interesting and fun.
Do not impose learning to count, it should be easy: in the course of daily activities or games. Count familiar objects together, gradually complicating the tasks. For example, he easily visualizes two oranges or four plates, but hardly abstract sets.
When to teach your child to count
Most experts believe that the best time to teach kids to count is 3-5 years. It is at this age that the child begins to be interested in new things and learns to establish patterns between numbers. However, everything is very individual. If the baby is actively exploring the world and is interested in mathematics earlier, you can start learning from the age of 1.
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What methods to use to teach counting
We have collected proven methods that allow you to do this in a playful way that is interesting for the child.
- Finger counting . The technique helps to understand how to teach a child to count to ten. It will be difficult for a baby to remember all the numbers at once, so you can start with five and focus on the fingers of one hand. Introduce the child to their names, then connect the second hand. You can use finger games when one disappears or two or three fingers meet together.
- Use of study cards and sticks . You can lay them out one by one on the table and name the numbers, then move one part of the sticks to the right and the other to the left and ask how many sticks are in each part.
- Number games . Teaching children to count can take place in a playful way. For example, the role-playing game "shop". You need to choose who will be the seller and who will be the buyer, and assign a currency.
Selling or buying sweets and toys, the child will easily remember the numbers up to ten and even up to twenty. - Montessori method . It's like playing shop. You can give the child different coins, for example, a ruble, two, five, and ask him to calculate the amount or change money.
- Doman technique . The author recommends using cards with red dots for counting. The color will attract the baby's attention.
- Hundred Account . Nikolai Zaitsev suggests immediately showing numbers from 0 to 99. So the child will understand how many tens and units each number makes.
- Polyakov's technique . You will need cubes, a box with compartments according to the number of cubes and numbers. First, one cube is taken, placed in a cell and the number 1 is placed next to it.
And so on up to 100.
How to teach your child to count to 20
To teach your child to count to 20, use two pairs of hands - yours and his own. You can also use cubes, cards, sticks or draw dashes - whatever comes to mind. Such an account is given as easily as up to 10. At this stage, the child needs to understand the composition of the number.
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How to teach a child to count up to 100
Tell your child that there are only nine tens, then name each tens: ten, twenty, thirty, and so on. Invite him to memorize 10 new digits of each ten every day. At the end of the day, ask what the child remembers and repeat what they have learned on other days. To simplify repetition, you can count the objects that are in front of you. After the child has mastered the tens, invite him to play a game: write a series of numbers with tens and skip one number in the middle. Ask your child to complete the pass.
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You can also use Glen Doman's method. First, the child needs to be shown cards with no more than five dots, then increase their number to 20, 50, and then up to 100. This method will also help train visual memory.
It is important to draw the attention of the child to the numbers from 11 to 19, as they are called differently from the rest.
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How to teach a child to add and subtract
To teach a child to solve examples, visualization is needed again. Bend and bend your fingers, remove and take out sweets.
Addition and subtraction are reciprocal operations. This connection needs to be conveyed to the child. That is, to demonstrate that 2+1 = 3 is the same as 3−1 = 2 and 3−2 = 1. If the child has mastered the principle, there will be no problems with other numbers.
To teach a child to add and subtract within 20, you need a number beam. For example, 5+3. We find the number 3 on the beam and take five steps to the right.
You can do the same with your fingers. So you can teach to count with the transition through a dozen and without.
Actions with the transition through ten have a peculiarity: you need to know the composition of the number and the pair of numbers that together form a ten (1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7, 4 and 6, 5 and 5). For example, 7+6. Seven to ten lacks three, that is, it turns out 7 + 3 + unknown. The six gave away three to ten, which means that there are still three left. Then it turns out: 7+3+3.
How to teach a child to count in columns
Explain that in addition and subtraction, all actions are performed in digits: tens with tens, ones with ones. For example, 31 + 12: a three is added to a unit, a unit to a two.
To simplify, you can do training exercises - for example, write numbers under each other. Number 6 at the bottom, 12 at the top. It is important to explain to the child that six should be under the number 2, and not 1, as it refers to units.
Start with simple examples, where numbers add up to a number less than 10. Then you can move on to examples with a transition through ten: for example, 25 + 16. 5 + 6 add up to 11. Then we write the unit from 11 under the line, and we remember the unit as a ten. When we add the tens, we get 2 + 1 and another +1, which we kept in our heads.
In the case of subtraction, you should also start with simple examples, gradually moving on to more complex ones. For example: 25-16, in the column where there are ones, 5 less than 6, explain to the child that in this case we kind of “borrow” a unit from tens.
For convenience, you can use the symbols that are marked in blue in the figure. In the first case, a ten is added, in the second, a dot serves as a reminder of a “busy” ten.
Counting games and exercises
Lego
Build towers with a certain number of blocks to teach your child to count. Later Lego will be needed in the development of fractions.
Fairy tales
Read to your child passages from fairy tales that contain numbers. He needs to clap as soon as he hears them.
Coloring pages with examples
You can teach your child to add and subtract through coloring pages, where an example is written in each cell, by solving which the child will recognize the color.
Board game "Strawberry paths"
There are two types of cards in the game: "Picking berries" and "Sharing berries". In the first case, you need to string a certain amount on your thread, and in the second, subtract, that is, give away. In the process, you need to count the berries and compare.
Dominoes with numbers
The principle is the same as with pictures. One domino with two numbers around the edges is laid out by the child, the parent picks up a die with one of the numbers. The one who gets rid of the dominoes first wins.
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