Kindergarten · Math · Unit 1 of 10
Count to 10
Count things up to 10
What your child practices
Counting objects one at a time, matching numbers to amounts, counting on and back, putting numbers in order, and knowing that nothing is zero.
Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: K.CC.B.4; K.CC.B.5 · connecting counting to how many, and counting to answer how-many questions
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- Touch each thing once as you count.
- Say one number for each thing.
- The last number you say is how many.
Example: How many balloons? 🎈🎈🎈🎈 Touch and count: 1, 2, 3, 4. The last number is 4. Answer: 4
Count to 10 in Arizona
In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 1 of 10 in Kindergarten Math, before Make 5 and 10.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
- Kindergarten guide for Arizona parents
- Printable Kindergarten Math sheet
- Arizona report cards explained
Source: Arizona Department of Education
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
What number comes next?
2, 3, 4,
- 6
- 5
- 7
5
Hint: Say it out loud: 2, 3, 4… What do you say next?
Question 2
How many 🍪?
🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪- 9
- 10
- 8
9
Hint: Touch each one as you count. The last number you say is how many!
Question 3
How many dots?
- 5
- 3
- 1
3
Hint: Point to each dot as you count.
Question 4
How many 🦆?
🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆- 7
- 9
- 10
9
Hint: Touch each one as you count. The last number you say is how many!
Question 5
Tap the numbers in counting order.
- 9
- 7
- 8
- 10
7 → 8 → 9 → 10
Hint: Start with 7. What number comes after it?
Question 6
Which group has 2?
2- 🐞🐞
- 🐞🐞🐞🐞
- 🐞
🐞🐞
Hint: Count each group. Which one has 2?