ExplorerGrade K⏱ 10 min

Counting to 10

Tap to add, count each one once, and see groups of five and ten.

Standards: K.CC.B.4K.CC.B.5

1Wonder

How many apples can you see? Can you count them without missing one, or counting one twice?

2Explore

Count with me

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Turn your phone sideways, or open this lesson on a tablet or computer. The explanation and quiz below work here.

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👆 Tap the grass to add one, tap a thing to take it away
Try this
  • Add apples until you have 5. Press Count with me.
  • Press Line up. Did the number change?
  • Press Give me a challenge and make the number.
  • Fill the whole frame. How many is that?

3Explain

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Step 1 of 5

Count each one once

Touch each apple and say one number for it: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Never skip one, never count one twice.

4Practice

Question 1 of 5

How many apples?

5Recap

  • Count each thing once, one number for each.
  • The last number tells how many.
  • Moving things around does not change how many.
  • 5 and 5 make 10.