Focus on the Standards

It’s Wednesday, and here at Preschool Ponderings, that means time to focus on the standards.  Every Wednesday I choose an Early Learning Standard and share a number of activities that can be aligned with that particular standard.  Remember, the Standards that I use every day, and am most comfortable with are Ohio’s Early Learning Development Standards – you can review them here, however I’ve found that even if your State’s standards differ, many of these activities can still be aligned similarly. I’ve rounded up some great ideas today!

Domain: Mathematics
Strand: Number Sense
Topic: Number Sense and Counting 

This standard includes the most basic number skills; recognizing numbers, counting, quantifying, one to one correspondence, and subitizing. A lot of different skills are included in this one standard, but these skills are the foundation for mathematical understanding, so it’s important that children have numerous opportunities to practice and explore these concepts.