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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 10 of 10

Sort & Count

Sort, count and compare

What your child practices

Sorting things into groups, counting each group, saying which group has more, and choosing a question we can answer by asking the class.

California Content Standards learning standard: K.MD.3 · sorting objects into given groups, counting each group and ordering the groups by count

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Sort things into groups that match.
  2. Count each group.
  3. The group with the most is the biggest.

Example: 3 🍎 and 5 🍌. Which has more? Count: 3 apples, 5 bananas. 5 is more than 3. Answer: 🍌

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which has the fewest?

    Bugs we saw

    ladybug
    🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
    ant
    🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
    bee
    🐝🐝🐝

    Each picture = 1

    • 🐜ant
    • 🐝bee
    • 🐞ladybug

  2. Question 2

    Which has more: apple or banana?

    Our favorite fruit

    banana
    🍌
    apple
    🍎🍎🍎🍎
    orange
    🍊🍊

    Each picture = 1

    • 🍌banana
    • 🍎apple

  3. Question 3

    Which question can we answer by asking our class?

    • How many of us have a sister?
    • How far away is the moon?
    • How many stars are in the sky?

  4. Question 4

    How many chose car?

    How we get to school

    bike
    🚲🚲🚲
    walk
    🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶
    car
    🚗

    Each picture = 1

    • 2
    • 0
    • 4
    • 1

  5. Question 5

    Sort them: food or toy?

    Sort into: 🍽️ Food · 🧸 Toy

    • 🪁kite
    • 🍎apple
    • 🧸teddy bear
    • 🥕carrot

  6. Question 6

    Which has the most?

    Bugs we saw

    butterfly
    🦋🦋
    ladybug
    🐞🐞🐞
    bee
    🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

    Each picture = 1

    • 🦋butterfly
    • 🐝bee
    • 🐞ladybug

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