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Early Years Math
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All Lessons
Hole-Punch Symmetry
Hole-Punch Symmetry
Students visualize how paper that has been folded and hole-punched will look when the paper is unfolded.
Draw a Card and Build
Draw a Card and Build
Students take turns to drawing a number card and building a corresponding unifix tower to see whose tower is taller.
What Colour is Your Iris?
What Colour is Your Iris?
In this activity, early years students are introduced to graphing by observing the colour of their eye.
Spatializing Area
Spatializing Area
Students will approach measurement through visual comparisons, mental iterations, physical iterations, and tiling.
Roll & Build Bingo
Roll & Build Bingo
Students take turns to tossing two dice and building a corresponding unifix tower to see who can complete a bingo first.
Unifix Counting Towers
Unifix Counting Towers
In this activity, child works one-on-one with an educator to create a staircase of Unifix Towers representing 1 to 10.
The Animal Grid Game
The Animal Grid Game
Students love this offline coding lesson in which they get to be the zookeeper feeding animals.
Can You Draw This?
Can You Draw This?
Students recreate an image of a square divided by a series of lines from memory and describe the strategies they used.
The Garden Patio
The Garden Patio
Children explore measurement and geometry and spatial sense through a narrative about a garden patio.
Using Names to Explore Graphing
Using Names to Explore Graphing
Using children's names are great way to integrate literacy and math skills. This lesson explores graphing with names.
Story Problems
Story Problems
Story problems can be used throughout the year to reinforce number sense in a fun and engaging way!
Ladybug Houses
Ladybug Houses
Students develop an understanding of numbers by comparing the number of ladybugs inside vs. outside of the house.
Cuisenaire Rods
Cuisenaire Rods
Children investigate relationships between numbers by comparing the size of cuisenaire rods.
Origami Math
Origami Math
Students make connections between mathematics, history and visual arts, through origami.
Dominoes Parking Lot Game
Dominoes Parking Lot Game
Students are given the challenge of placing dominoes in their corresponding parking spot.
Number Hunt
Number Hunt
Students practice one-to-one correspondence in this fun dice-rolling, bingo-dabbing game!
Curious George and the Rabbits
Curious George and the Rabbits
Students work together to demonstrate different ways to compose and decompose the number 10 or 20.
Introduction to Patterning
Introduction to Patterning
Students learn to recognize and extend patterns in different contexts and identify the features that define a pattern.
Patterns with Unifix Cubes
Patterns with Unifix Cubes
Unifix cubes are a great tool to use to explore patterns. In this lesson, children make their own patterns.
Patterns with Beads
Patterns with Beads
Children are challenged with making multiple patterns with beads of different size, shapes, and colours.
Ladybug Patterns
Ladybug Patterns
By using only one kind of material, students are challenged to think about making patterns in a different way.
Pattern Hunt
Pattern Hunt
Students go on a pattern hunt to look for naturally occurring patterns in their environment.
Name Pattern
Name Pattern
Children continue to notice patterns in their name by using this grid and recognizing the repetition that occurs.
Growing Patterns
Growing Patterns
Through this fun story about magical snakes, children think about numerical patterns.
Super Mind
Super Mind
Children are presented with two-dimensional shapes and encouraged to explore the shapes.
Making Clocks
Making Clocks
Children review different aspects of a clock. Then they have the opportunity to make their own!
Proportions
Proportions
Students measure length and area through focused exploration in this guided activity.
Symmetry Game
Symmetry Game
This game allows children to be creative and practice the basics of symmetry through play with classmates.
Sorting Material
Sorting Material
Students sort and describe different types of materials such as little animals, beads, and shapes.
Sorting Apples
Sorting Apples
Children try different types of apples while paying attention to their senses. They pick a favourite and make a graph.
Venn Diagram
Venn Diagram
Children learn how to use venn diagrams to sort different types of materials such as leaves and other math manipulatives.
Introduction to Graphing
Introduction to Graphing
Graphs are a clear way to display data. Children use previous sorting lessons to learn how to make a graph.
Graphs on Paper
Graphs on Paper
Students practice precise graphing skills by using this graphing package to sort and classify objects.
Building a Graph Together
Building a Graph Together
Students and their teacher review different components of a graph and build a graph together.
Smarties Graph
Smarties Graph
Every box of Smarties contains a different amount of each colour. Children graph what their box contains.
Circle to Bar Graph
Circle to Bar Graph
What is easier to read - a circle graph or a bar graph? Children discover the answer with this lesson.