Kindergarten Content

Note that the activities listed in bold type are Core Activities.

Page	Activity Title		Page	Activity Title
10	Number of the Day and Growing Number Line Routine		21	Listen and Count
12	Partner Match		22	Eating to Zero
13	Measuring Heights of Children		23	Number Board (0-10)
14	Building and Measuring in the Block Corner		24	Weather Observation Routine
15	Coins in the Classroom		26	"This Old Man"
16	Pattern Blocks		27	"Feely" Bag or Box
17	Cleanup Count Routine		28	"Look and Find" (Numbers 1-10)
18	Job Chart Routine		29	Egg-Carton Mathematics
20	Simon Says		30	Building the Monthly Calendar Routine

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Page	Activity Title		Page	Activity Title
32	Age Change		41	Exploring the Penny
33	Give the Next Number		42	Exploring Penny Power
34	Countdowns		43	Comparing Lengths
35	Review Numbers 0-10		44	Guideposts and Reminders 1
36	Finger Counting		46	Sand and Water Play
37	Attribute Blocks		47	Things That Float or Sink
38	Counting Patterns		48	Rocker Balance
39	Patterns All Around		49	Simple Hopscotch
40	Matching Coin Game		50	Children's Number Cards

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Page	Activity Title		Page	Activity Title
51	Door Clock		64	Halloween Faces (Seasonal)
52	Attendance Routine		65	Symmetry Fold-and-Cut Projects
54	Dismantling the Monthly Calendar		66	Teacher Number Card Activities
56	Recording Daily Temperature Routine		67	Sandpaper Numbers
58	Singing Game		68	Telephone Book
59	Using a Pattern-Block Template		70	No-Mess Finger Painting
60	"Do the Hokey Pokey"		71	Shapes by Feel
61	Symmetry with Paints		72	Shape Designs
62	Symmetry in Nature—Autumn Leaves		73	Using Straws to Make Geometry Shapes

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Page	Activity Title		Page	Activity Title
74	Guideposts and Reminders 2		86	Children Make Monster Squeeze
75	Patterns with Craft Sticks		87	Snacking Subtraction
76	Patterns with Color		88	Using the ¢ Sign (Pennies)
77	Numbers in the Sand		89	Concentration with Number Cards and Dominoes
78	Nibble Shapes		90	Number Stories throughout the Year
79	Writing on Backs		92	Body Measures of Dinosaurs and Blue Whales
80	Spin a Number (1–10)		94	One More or One Less
82	"Teen" Partner Game (10–20)		95	Comparing Body Height to Objects
84	Monster Squeeze Game		96	Slow and Fast

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Page	Activity Title		Page	Activity Title
97	Beating out Time		108	Body Shapes
98	Beanbag Game		110	Rope Shapes
99	"What's My Rule?" Fishing		112	Number Books: Writing Numbers 0–10
100	Birthday Bar Graph		114	Number Cookies
102	Class Patterning		115	Slate-Writing Activities
103	Follow My Pattern		116	Listen and Do (10–20
104	Guideposts and Reminders 3		118	Interrupted Counts (0–50)
105	Paper-Folding Geometry		119	Counting Walks
106	Find the Block		120	Meet the Calculator

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Page	Activity Title		Page	Activity Title
122	How Many?		136	Measuring with Children's Feet
124	Calculator Displays		138	How Big Is a Foot?
126	Counting with Calculators		140	Calculator Telephones
128	Counting Shortcut		141	Introduction to Skip Counting by 2s
130	Counting on with Calculators		142	Introduction of the Dime
131	Count to 70 by 10s		143	Comparing Coins by Feel 1 (Pennies, Dimes)
132	Joining Objects		144	Introduction of the Nickel
134	How Long Is a Minute?		146	Need for a Standard Measure of Length
135	Arranging Items by Length		148	Marking off Lengths

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Page	Activity Title		Page	Activity Title
150	Tools for Measuring Length		163	Stand, Squat, or Kneel Pattern
152	Guideposts and Reminders 4		164	How Many Ways for Three People to Line Up?
154	Weaving on Cardboard Looms		165	Macaroni Necklaces
156	Weaving Belts or Headbands on Straws		166	Read My Mind Game
158	Following a Simple Map		167	Counting Pairs of Objects
159	Time to the Hour with a Timer		168	More or Less on a Rocker Balance
160	Order-of-Daily-Events Art Project		169	Classroom Playing Cards
161	Favorite Colors Graph		170	Top-It
162	Pattern-Block Puzzles		171	Are All Handfuls the Same?

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Page	Activity Title		Page	Activity Title
172	Exchange Pennies for Nickels and Dimes		184	Pets Bar Graph
174	Interrupted Skip Counts (0–50)		186	Guideposts and Reminders 5
175	Count Fingers by 5s		187	Three-Object Patterns
176	Reminder for Tally Marks		188	Shoe Patterns
177	Play Store		189	Counting Backward with Calculators
178	Portrait of Lincoln (Seasonal, around February 12)		190	Hand-Weighing with Two Containers
180	Introduction of the Quarter		191	Estimating Clock Time with the Hour Hand
182	Comparing Coins by Feel 2		192	Make an Hour-Hand Clock
183	"B-I-N-G-O"		194	Coin Exchange (Money Cube Game 1)

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Page	Activity Title		Page	Activity Title
195	Printing Shapes		209	Which Operations Do I Need?
196	Change-to-Less (Subtraction) Stories		210	Introduction to Collections of Number Names
198	Number Line Mathematics		211	Name Collections with Objects
200	Divide Groups into Half Groups		212	Preparation for 100 Day (Seasonal, well before the 100th day of school)
201	Pocket Game (Change to More, Change to Less)		214	Number Hunt and 100 Chart
202	Operator, Operator		216	Games on the 100 Chart
204	Which Weighs More, Dry or Wet?		217	Disappearing Train
206	Skip Count with Calculators		218	Comparing Shapes
208	Ordinal Numbers: Standing in Line		220	"I Spy"

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Page	Activity Title		Page	Activity Title
221	Raft Game		234	Making Patter-Block Pictures
222	Number Grid		235	Weight of Ice Cubes vs. Water
224	Guideposts and Reminders 6		236	Comparison of Volumes
226	Domino Name Collections		237	Timed Coin Counts
227	Plus or Minus Game		238	How Long Does It Take?
228	Class Storybook		239	Measuring Volume
230	Hidden Sticks		240	Count Heartbeats
231	Bead String Name Collections		242	Making Modeling Dough
232	Craft-Stick Name Collections		244	How Did You Come to School?

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Page	Activity Title		Page	Activity Title
245	Cracker Fractions		258	Matching Game: Analog and Digital Clocks
246	Fraction Stories		260	Class Collection Project
248	"What's My Rule?" with Pairs of Numbers		262	Reading and Comparing Numbers
250	"What's My Rule?" Numbers in Sequence		263	Guideposts and Reminders 7
252	"What's My Rule?" Numbers out of Sequence		264	Introduction of the Dollar Bill
253	"What's My Rule?" Large Numbers		266	One-Dollar Game
254	Hour Hand, Minute Hand Story		267	Digit Game
256	Adding the Minute Hand to Paper Clocks		268	Double-Digit Dice Game
257	Practice Telling Time to Music		269	Shape Jigsaw Puzzles

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Page	Activity Title		Page	Activity Title
270	Covering Shapes		281	Changing $1 Bills into $10 Bills
272	Make and Bake Cookie Shapes		282	Rocker-Balance Name Collections
273	Solid Shapes Museum (Ongoing Activity)		284	Writing Numbers Greater than 100
274	"What's My Rule?" with Four-Sided Polygons		285	Say the Next Number (by 10s)
276	Number Clues		286	Place Value on Calculators
277	Dice Addition		287	"We Live Here" Mural
278	"What Number Am I Thinking Of?"		288	Noticing Numbers
279	How Many Hidden Objects		289	Ascending and Descending Order
280	Introduction of the $10 Bill		290	Craft-Stick Mathematics

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Page	Activity Title		Page	Activity Title
291	Say the Next Number (Counting Backward)		296	Graphing Sums of Dice Throws
292	Paper Money Exchange (Money Cube Game 2)		297	High Roller
294	Keeping Score: Place Value		298	Number-Model Cards
295	Ones, Tens, Hundreds Game

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