16. The Counting Pattern Beyond 100

Lesson Video: Counting Beyond 100

Skills Practice:

Written Practice:

Complete pages 31 – 33 in your workbook or download and print them.

Enrichment Activities:

What comes next? Bundle toothpicks into tens and then hundreds with a rubber band to use like base ten blocks. Take turns with your child handing each other a bundle plus a few toothpicks. The other player has to state the amount, then state the number that comes next. 101 is called one hundred one, NOT one hundred and one nor one oh one. It’s important for your child to hear the numbers named correctly.

• Grab It. Let your child grab as big a handful of something as possible and keep whatever she can count. This is a FUN game, but you have to be sure to play it with something your child wants, like blueberries or pretzels or pennies or something. It’s work to count very high and kids are smart. They’ll voluntarily put the work in when the reward is something they want, but not so much if you are having them count pinto beans or paper clips. Your child may even want to take several hands full, or a double fist full. The higher she can count the better — especially try to practice counting beyond 100!
• Count everything together. Count the cars in the car park on the way into the grocery store and the types of cheese in the refrigerator case. Count the books on a particular shelf at the library. Count out the pizza toppings and the chocolate chips you add to the cookie dough. Count the pages in your bedtime story and the utensils you set on the dinner table.
• Your child will get plenty of experience writing numbers in the worksheets, but this verbal experience with numbers and counting is just as critical to their number sense and it can only come from you. Be sure to have math conversations as often as possible.