Counting objects within ten

I can count objects one by one and know how many altogether.

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Counting objects within ten

I can count objects one by one and know how many altogether.

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Key learning points

Keep one-to-one correspondence between number words and objects.
Know objects can be moved from an irregular arrangement into a line to aid counting.
Understand that the last number counted tells us 'how many' so far (the cardinal principle).

Keywords

Altogether - To bring two or more numbers together and find out how many.
Count - Count means to say the number names in order and to count a set to find out how many there are.
Number word - A number word is the word we say for that number, so the number word for 2 is two.
Group - A group is a collection of objects or images.

Common misconception

Missing out an object or counting one twice. Recounting without concluding how many there are.

Encourage using one finger to move and count each object. From the third learning cycle, repeat 'there are ___ [noun]' following a count.

Children need lots of opportunities to count things in irregular arrangements. Before the lesson, gather the countable objects displayed in the slides for children to explore with you throughout. Note, numeral representations are used on slides, but children are not expected to attend to these.

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