My name is ________________
I am learning
to count things.
Dear Family
Your child is learning to count up to ten things. • Count things on a shopping trip. For example, let
Use the activities on pages 2–5 to help your child count your child help you count pieces of fruit or other items
objects. you are buying. Time spent waiting in line can be used to
Here are some other daily activities to try: count registers, cashiers, and other shoppers in line.
• Look at family pictures with your child. Count everyone • Read books with your child about counting. Here are
in a picture, or count the number of boys, girls, some books that you might find at your local library:
relatives, or friends. Math in the Bath: (and other fun places, too!),
by Sara Atherlay, Illus. by Megan Halsey.
• Count things you pass (signs, red cars, trucks,
bridges) while riding in the car or on the bus. Two Ways to Count to Ten: A Liberian Folktale,
by Ruby Dee, Illus. by Susan Meddaugh.
• Have your child count things while playing with
them. For example, have your child count the pieces in a From Zero to Ten: The Story of Numbers, by Vivian French
puzzle or the blocks in a tower. and Ross Collins.
• Have your child count sounds (how many times a door
opens, how many times a dog barks) while at home.
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Illustrations: Michelle Dorenkamp
ISBN 978-0-7609-5378-5
©2009—Curriculum Associates, Inc.
North Billerica, MA 01862
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Activities
Activity 1 A Dozen Pennies Activity 2 How Many Do You See?
What You’ll Need: Have your child count objects in your home. Touch the
• An egg carton objects as your child counts. Then have your child tell how
• Twelve pennies many there are in all. For example, ask,
Place the egg carton and the twelve pennies on a table in “How many round tables do we have?”
front of your child. Point out the twelve empty sections of “How many chairs are in the kitchen?”
the egg carton. Tell your child to place one penny in each “How many books are on the shelf?”
section. When your child is finished, say, To help your child understand zero, ask such questions as,
“How many pennies did you place in each section?” “How many two-headed elephants are in our home?”
“Did you have any pennies left over?” “How many pine trees are growing in the living room?”
“Did you have the same number of pennies as sections?” “How many dinosaurs are sitting on the kitchen table?”
“Did you have just one penny for each section?”
Then say, “Just as you put one and only one penny in each Activity 3 Count Out
section, we say one and only one number for each penny What You’ll Need: Small objects
(or other object) when we are counting.”
Arrange objects to be counted on a table. Have your
child count the objects. Rearrange the objects several
times and ask your child to count them again in order.
Then have your child touch an object and say its number
name aloud while counting.
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