Lesson 5
Children identify, without counting, one to five pictures on paper plates and seat hungry diners at tables in Café Lotto Match.
Circle Time
Picture Plates
5–10 min.
Children QUICKLY identify or compare the number of pictures on a plate.
View ActivityLet’s Count
10–15 min.
Read the book Let’s Count, by Tana Hoban.
View ActivityLearning Centers
Birthday Café
10–15 min.
Digital Learning Center: Children seat the correct number of people at each table and then make sure that everyone gets the same amount of food to eat.
View ActivityCity Skate
10–15 min.
Digital Learning Center: Children help Teenie collect groups of two, three, four and five objects as she skateboards through the city.
View ActivityJungle Gym
10–15 min.
Digital Learning Center: Children choose and decorate a robot with stickers, then dangle robots with the same number of dots together on the jungle gym.
View ActivityCafé Lotto Match
15 min.
Hands-On Learning Center: Children match groups of diners to tables with the same number of chairs in this fast-paced game.
View ActivitySkateboard Bingo
15–20 min.
Hands-On Learning Center: Children play a game of bingo where they try to QUICKLY recognize the number of dots on caller cards and fill up their bingo boards.
View ActivitySubitizing Books
10–15 min.
Book Corner: Children read subitizing books.
View ActivityOutdoors
Roll and Hop
15–20 min.
Children roll a die and hop that many times toward the finish line.
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