Mathematics Standards - Age 4 (2023)
Lesson Plans

Strand 1: COUNTING AND CARDINALITY

Counting and cardinality includes the ability to identify by name, count in sequence, use one-to-one correspondence, and describe quantities of objects counted.

Standard Math 4 yr.1.2

In the sequence of 1-10, identify numbers that come before or after one another.

• Activity - Dream Snow
  Child(ren) will interact with toy animals representing the farm animals discussed in Dream Snow by Eric Carle. Child(ren) will make animal sounds, sort, and sequence animals as they were named in the book.
• Number Sequencing - Counting Fun
  Count as you are carrying out daily routines.While counting, stop often to ask what number comes next.  Ask what number comes after or before a given number.
• Nursery Rhyme - Five Little Ducks
  Children will listen to Five Little Ducks as the adult points out the words in the rhyme.  Allow children to help point out the words as they are ready.. Once your child(ren) knows the song and the motions, they will sing the song and control their movements by keeping their arms and hands in a space close to their bodies and not in anyone else?s space.
• Nursery Rhyme - Once I Caught a Fish Alive
  Children will listen to and recite a rhyme as the adult points out the words.  Allow children to help point out the words as they are ready. 
• Nursery Rhyme - Ten in the Bed
  Children will listen to Ten in the Bed as the adult points out the words in the rhyme.  Allow children to help point out the words as they are ready.. Once your child(ren) knows the song and the motions, they will sing the song and control their movements in a defined space. 
• Personal Identity
  Child(ren) will decorate a person that resembles themselves; practice and learn their phone number, address, age and birthdate. 

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