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Numbers – Counting To 10

Lesson Objective: Children will learn to count to ten with a song and movements.Song: Counting with My FriendsLesson Includes:

– Lesson Script (1 page)– Mp3 Song– Lyrics And Movements Page (1 page)– Visual Aids (10 pages)– 2 Bridging Activities (8 pages)– Activity Sheet (1 page)– Parent Guide (1 page)– Home Activity (1 page)– Movement Video (Mp4 Video)

Early Learning Strands:– Number sense

Academic Vocabulary: 1-10, count, again, learn, counting, friends, fun

Sight Words (Dolch/Brigance): one, two, three, four, to, and, again, with, my

Teaching Strategies:– Rhyming– Academic Vocabulary– Echoing

Movement Strategies:– Fine Motor

Additional Supplies Needed:– Ribbon or Yarn (one strand per child)

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Numbers - Counting To 10“Counting With My Friends”

Lesson Objective: Children will learn to count to ten with a song and movements.

Interactive Dialogue• Clap a pattern and have the children echo you. Vary the

number of claps in the pattern. After the children echo the pattern, repeat the pattern and count the number of claps.

• Explain to the children what an echo is and demonstrate with a word, short sentence, and/or clapping sequence.

• Ask one of the children to suggest the number of claps for a pattern. If you keep the pace moving, each child should have an opportunity to suggest a number.

• Using the set of large number pages 1-10, do a walk through of each number. Have the children hold up the correct number of fingers with each number.

• Hand out number necklaces from the Bridging Activity. Call out a number and ask the children to identify the child wearing that particular number necklace. Ask for volunteers to provide subsequent numbers, trying to engage all the children. With each number chosen, count as a group using the correct number of fingers.

• Using the Bridging Activity number flash cards, have the children color the numbers and use for further classroom discussion.

• Listen to the song Counting With My Friends and have the children observe as you do the movements.

• Invite the children to learn the song and movements. Walk the children through the movements in short segments. Have them repeat the movements as you say the words to the song.

• Play the song and have the children sing and do movements. Repeat.

Recommended Booklist

• Dee, Ruby. Two Ways to Count to Ten.

• Edwards, Pamela. Roar! A Noisy Counting Book.

• Ehlert, Lois. Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On.

• Lewison, Wendy Cheyette. Raindrop, Plop!

• Mora, Pat. Uno Dos Tres: One, Two, Three.

• Root, Phyllis. One Duck Stuck. • Sierra, Judy. Counting

Crocodiles. • Wood, Audrey. Ten Little Fish.

1. Count to 10 with the children “alternating turns.” (i.e. you say “1” they say “2,” you say “3” they say “4.”)2. Play a variation of “Duck, Duck, Goose” but counting the children as you go around the circle. Have the 10th

child chase you around the group. Then that child will count heads with help from the group.3. Have the children find 10 red items around the room. Repeat with different colors or different items. 4. When at lunch or on recess break, have the children count out the items they have (i.e. raisins or rocks).

Related Activities

LYRICS MOVEMENTSChorusOne, two, three. “One, two three.”Four, five, six. “Four, five, six.”Seven, eight, nine, ten. “Seven, eight, nine, ten.”

Chorus MovementsHave the children sit in a circle with both hands out in front

in closed fists. Sway to the music. Have the children sing the echo parts as they use their fingers to count along.

Count to ten. “Count to ten.”Again and again. “Again and again.”

It’s fun to learn counting with my friends. “It’s fun to learn counting with my friends.”

Hold out 10 fingers and sway them to the music raising them higher and higher over head while singing.

Make big inward circle with arms and shake hands up in the air.

Repeat Chorus Repeat Chorus Movements

Repeat Chorus Repeat Chorus Movements

OneTwoThreeFourFiveSixSevenEightNineTenTenTenTenTen

Hold out correct number of fingers with each number and sing along.

Counting With My FriendsLyrics & Music By: David Burba; Performed By: Alice Burba & Taylor Otto

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Numbers - Counting To 10Visual Aids

For full page versions, open the 05_Counting_To_10_Visual_Aids.pdf file.

Instructions: Project file on a screen OR print each number page on 8½”x11” card stock and laminate if desired. Attach a magnetic strip or Velcro on back of each number for use on a magnet or felt board.

Numbers - Counting To 10Bridging Activity

For full page versions, insert ABC’s & Much More Companion Data CD and open the Rockin’ Drums/Counting To 10 folder.

Instructions: Print each item on card stock, cut each item out and laminate if desired. Punch hole where indicated and use small ribbon or yarn for necklace strings.

Print each number grouping on card stock and duplicate one set for each child. Have the children color their numbers as colorful and creative as possible, then cut each number out along dotted lines to use as flash cards.

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Numbers - Counting To 10Visual Aids

For full page versions, insert ABC’s & Much More Companion Data CD and open the Rockin’ Drums/Counting To 10 folder.

Instructions: Project file on a screen OR print each number page on 8½”x11” card stock and laminate if desired. Attach a magnetic strip or Velcro on back of each number for use on a magnet or felt board.

Numbers - Counting To 10Bridging Activity

For full page versions, open the 06a_Counting_To_10_Bridging_Activity_1.pdf and 06b_Counting_To_10_Bridging_Activity_2.pdf files

Instructions: Print each item on card stock, cut each item out and laminate if desired. Punch hole where indicated and use small ribbon or yarn for necklace strings.

Print each number grouping on card stock and duplicate one set for each child. Have the children color their numbers as colorful and creative as possible, then cut each number out along dotted lines to use as flash cards.

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