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Math lesson plans that work for kindergarteners

Understanding math concepts becomes fun, simple, and experiential with good math lesson plans designed especially for kindergarteners. It offers a strong foundation for students with each chapter developing fluency in topics and introducing new kindergarten math concepts. Every lesson is taught with interesting and creative examples that come with colorful photos and illustrations. 

Subtract, add and count
Most kindergarteners are introduced to skip counting and matching corresponding words with number symbols. Activities are given to help students gain a better understanding of subtraction and addition. An example is utilizing numbers for demonstrating and solving story problems illustrating math operations. Moreover, kindergarten students expand their abilities in utilizing the number line for representing model addition problems and numbers.

Sorting, Patterns, and Ordering
By using ordinal and cardinal meanings, ordering and comparing sets of numbers can be taught to r children. Utilizing this, the students are also taught how to identify non-counting and counting patterns. Grasping the rules involving such concepts will be simpler as they will help decode simple patterns to rules.

One of the main concepts that these lessons will teach children is learning addition as a procedure of "counting on" or "putting together". This will assist them in viewing addition as a modest method.

Symmetry and geometry
Most kindergarten students know shapes, but discussing them in lesson plans will offer them a great introduction to geometry. They will understand how to describe and interpret objects, particularly lessons on three- and two-dimensional figures. Such discussion will help children in understanding how the objects surrounding them will operate or move. Topics related to this will also help them explore spatial reasoning and symmetry. Geometry can really help in enhancing the critical thinking skills of kindergarten students as they handle problems related to spatial reasoning and shapes.

Measuring and collecting
By getting involved in activities that use everyday objects, children will learn the ability to count and collect data. An example is making use of a tally sheet and taking a survey, creating a graph with their collated information. Kindergarten students will further their skills in observation with activities related to measurement, particularly comparing and ordering measurable qualities of the objects. 

Those who make use of kindergarten math will find that it is actually a series of creative and fun activities as children will learn about figures and numbers. With such material, students will indeed enhance their skills of critical thinking and their sense of imagination and wonder.

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