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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.

Maine Learning Results 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.

  1. Touch each thing once as you count.
  2. Say one number for each thing.
  3. 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 Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, 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.

Source: Maine 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.

  1. Question 1

    How many dots?

    • 10
    • 8
    • 9

  2. Question 2

    How many 🍎?

    • 10
    • 9
    • 8

  3. Question 3

    How many 🎈?

    • 3
    • 6
    • 4

  4. Question 4

    What number comes next?

    4, 5, 6,

    • 6
    • 7
    • 8

  5. Question 5

    Which group has 5?

    5
    • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
    • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
    • ⭐⭐⭐

  6. Question 6

    Tap the numbers in counting order.

    • 7
    • 4
    • 5
    • 6

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