Math Games for Young Children
Playing games is an enjoyable activity for children which helps them explore mathematical concepts.
Standards
Idea Sheets are cross-referenced to subjects listed in the Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and California Content Standards.
Mathematical Practices: 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics. 5. Use appropriate tools strategically. 6. Attend to precision. 7. Look for and make use of structure. 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning. ||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Mathematical Practices|||K.CC.1. Count to 100 by ones and by tens.||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Counting And Cardinality||Know Number Names And The Count Sequence|||K.CC.2. Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Counting And Cardinality||Know Number Names And The Count Sequence|||K.CC.3. Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Counting And Cardinality||Know Number Names And The Count Sequence|||K.CC.4. Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Counting And Cardinality||Count To Tell The Number Of Objects|||K.CC.5. Count to answer “”how many?”” questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1?20, count out that many objects.||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Counting And Cardinality||Count To Tell The Number Of Objects|||K.CC.6. Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.1||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Counting And Cardinality||Compare Numbers|||K.CC.7. Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Counting And Cardinality||Compare Numbers|||K.MD.1. Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Measurement And Data||Describe And Compare Measurable Attributes|||K.MD.2. Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “”more of””/””less of”” the attribute, and describe the difference. For example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/shorter.||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Measurement And Data||Describe And Compare Measurable Attributes|||K.MD.3. Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.3||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Measurement And Data||Classify Objects And Count The Number Of Objects In Each Category|||K.OA.1. Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings2, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Operations And Algebraic Thinking||Understand Addition As Putting Together And Adding To, And Under- Stand Subtraction As Taking Apart And Taking From|||K.OA.2. Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Operations And Algebraic Thinking||Understand Addition As Putting Together And Adding To, And Under- Stand Subtraction As Taking Apart And Taking From|||K.OA.3. Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1).||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Operations And Algebraic Thinking||Understand Addition As Putting Together And Adding To, And Under- Stand Subtraction As Taking Apart And Taking From|||K.OA.4. For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation.||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Operations And Algebraic Thinking||Understand Addition As Putting Together And Adding To, And Under- Stand Subtraction As Taking Apart And Taking From|||K.OA.5. Fluently add and subtract within 5.||Common Core Mathematics||Kindergarten||Operations And Algebraic Thinking||Understand Addition As Putting Together And Adding To, And Under- Stand Subtraction As Taking Apart And Taking From|||Mathematical Practices: 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics. 5. Use appropriate tools strategically. 6. Attend to precision. 7. Look for and make use of structure. 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning. ||Common Core Mathematics||Grade 1||Mathematical Practices|||1.MD.1. Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.||Common Core Mathematics||Grade 1||Measurement And Data||Measure Lengths Indirectly And By Iterating Length Units|||1.MD.2. Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps. Limit to contexts where the object being measured is spanned by a whole number of length units with no gaps or overlaps.||Common Core Mathematics||Grade 1||Measurement And Data||Measure Lengths Indirectly And By Iterating Length Units|||1.MD.4. Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.||Common Core Mathematics||Grade 1||Measurement And Data||Represent And Interpret Data|||1.NBT.1. Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.||Common Core Mathematics||Grade 1||Number And Operations In Base Ten||Extend The Counting Sequence
1.1 Compare two or more sets objects (up to ten objects in each group), and identify which set is equal to, more than, or less than the other.||CA Mathematics||Grade Kindergarten||01. Number Sense||1.0 Students understand the relationship between numbers and quantities (i.e., that a set of objects has the same number of objects in different situations, regardless of its position or arrangement).|||1.1 Identify, sort and classify objects by attribute and identify objects that do not belong to a particular group (e.g., all these balls are green, those are red).||CA Mathematics||Grade Kindergarten||02. Algebra and Functions||1.0 Students sort and classify objects.|||1.1 Determine the approach, materials, and strategies to be used.||CA Mathematics||Grade Kindergarten||05. Mathematical Reasoning||1.0 Students make decisions about how to set up a problem.|||2.1 Use concrete objects to determine the answers to addition and subtraction problems (for two numbers that are each less than 10).||CA Mathematics||Grade Kindergarten||01. Number Sense||2.0 Students understand and describe simple additions and subtractions.|||2.1 Identify and describe common geometric objects (e.g., circle, triangle, square, rectangle, cube, sphere, cone).||CA Mathematics||Grade Kindergarten||03. Measurement and Geometry||2.0 Students identify common objects in their environment and describe the geometric features.|||2.1 Explain the reasoning used with concrete objects and/or pictorial representations.||CA Mathematics||Grade Kindergarten||05. Mathematical Reasoning||2.0 Students solve problems in reasonable ways and justify their reasoning.
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