Parking Lot

Parking lots and cars are a good way to get students motivated to use direction – an important precursor to primary math. In a parking lot cars can go left, right, forward, and back. In this activity, students figure out directions to park a car in a numbered space.

Grades covered: Pre through 1
Curriculum Topics: Counting, One-to-one Correspondence, Problem Solving

Standards

Idea Sheets are cross-referenced to subjects listed in the Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and California Content Standards.

Categories include:
  • Pre-K
  • Grades K-2
  • Math
Tags: Counting
Subjects covered: ["Math"]