The Kindergarten Skills below are based on the Common Core Standards For Mathematics. You can find out more about the Common Core Standards here.
You will also find a listing of related math resources (worksheets, charts, etc) here.
Note: Math standards and curricula can vary by location or school. Check with your child’s school to determine what Kindergarten math skills are expected in your location.
Counting & Cardinality
Counting by ones and count by tens (up to 100)
The listing of worksheets and other math resources below are related to the following standard extracted from the Common Core Standards For Mathematics:
Count to 100 by ones and by tens.
Chart
Cards
- Magic Carpet Number Tracks (A4-sized, 0 to 10 & 0 to 20)
Number Grids
- Hundred Square (in color)
Number line
- Number Line ( 0 to 10)
- Number Line ( 0 to 20)
- Number Line ( 0 to 50)
- Number Line ( 0 to 20 ) – Different font (shows “real” 4 and 9)
- Number Line ( 0 to 100) – Showing just 0, 10, 20, 30, etc.
- Number Line ( 0 to 100 ) – numbers at 1s – split into two lines
- Blank – Marked in 1s – with large spacing (with option of 1 to 8 lines/ page)
- Large Scale Number Line: 0 to 100 (13 Pages)
- Number Line Generator
Counting forward starting at a number other than 1
The listing of worksheets and other math resources below are related to the following standard extracted from the Common Core Standards For Mathematics:
Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).
Number line
- Vertical Line: 0 to 20 (1per-page and 4-per-page)
- Vertical Line: 0 to 50 (1per-page and 4-per-page)
- Large Scale Number Line: 0 to 100 (13 Pages)
- Lines from 0 to 10 & 0 to 20 (4-page document with “real”/ “open”)
Writing the numbers 0 to 20. Match the number of objects with the correct written numeral.
The listing of worksheets and other math resources below are related to the following standard extracted from the Common Core Standards For Mathematics:
Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).
Activity
Flashcard
- Numbers from 1 to 20 (with symbols) (on five pages)
- Numbers from 1 to 20 (no symbols) (on five pages)
Number line
- Lines from 0 to 10 & 0 to 20 (4-page document with “real”/ “open”)
Making the connection between numbers and quantities.
The listing of worksheets and other math resources below are related to the following standard extracted from the Common Core Standards For Mathematics:
Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.
1. When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object.
2. Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted. The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted.
3. Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.
Activity
Domino Cards
- Printable Domino Cards (28 dominoes on 2 pages)
- Blank Domino Cards : Make Your Own Dots! (by click or by hand)
Counting up to 20 objects that are shown in various ways. e.g. in a line, scattered, in rows and columns.
The listing of worksheets and other math resources below are related to the following standard extracted from the Common Core Standards For Mathematics:
Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.
Activity
Using counting and matching to compare two groups of up to 10 objects and to find if there are more, less, or the same in each group.
The listing of worksheets and other math resources below are related to the following standard extracted from the Common Core Standards For Mathematics:
Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.
Activity
Comparing numbers
Comparing written numerals from 0 to 10.
Operations & Algebraic Thinking
Understanding adding as putting together and subtracting as taking apart or taking away.
The listing of worksheets and other math resources below are related to the following standard extracted from the Common Core Standards For Mathematics:
Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings1, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.
Example/Guidance
Game
Target Game
- Number Partitions Game (timed or not)
Solving word problems with adding and subtracting up to 10.
The listing of worksheets and other math resources below are related to the following standard extracted from the Common Core Standards For Mathematics:
Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.
Game
Target Game
- 1 or 2 more than (e.g. 1 more than 6)
Quiz
Decomposing numbers up to 10 using drawings or objects and writing the equation. e.g. 7 = 3 + 4 or 6 = 2 + 4.
The listing of worksheets and other math resources below are related to the following standard extracted from the Common Core Standards For Mathematics:
Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1).
Chart
Cards
- Numbers – In frames, on lines, with bonds (A4-sized, 3 to 10)
Example/Guidance
Game
Build The Answer Games
- Fact Families to 20
- Number Bonds up to 10 e.g. 6 + ? = 8, 5 + ? = 8
Target Game
- Number Partitions Game (timed or not)
Worksheet
Fact Families
- Fact Families for 4 & for 5 e.g. 2 + 3 = 5, 3 + 2 = 5, 5 – 2 = 3, 5 – 3 = 2
- Fact Families for 6
- Fact Families for 7
- Fact Families for 8
- Fact Families for 9
Number bonds to 10
- Number bonds for 3 & 4
- Number bonds for 5
- Number bonds for 6
- Number bonds for 7
- Number bonds for 8
- Number bonds for 9
- Number bonds for 4 & 5 : Stacked to color
- Number bonds for 6, 7, & 8 : Stacked to color
- Number bonds for 9 & 10 : Stacked to color
- Addition within 10 (2-page worksheet with Cuisenaire Sandwiches)
- Addition & Subtraction within 10 (2-page worksheet with Cuisenaire Sandwiches)
- Number Bonds to 10 (worksheet/ activity)
- Number Bonds to 9 (worksheet/ activity)
- Number Bonds to 8 (worksheet/ activity)
- Number Bonds to 7 (worksheet/ activity)
- Number Bonds to 6 (worksheet/ activity)
- Number Bonds to 5 (worksheet/ activity)
- Number Bonds to 4 (worksheet/ activity)
- Complements to 10 Number Search Complements to 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10
- Number Bonds (Numbers to 10) – 13 Pages
Slightly Different
- Breaking Numbers Apart (3-Page Addition and Subtraction Worksheet)
Worksheet Generator
- Addition/ Subtraction Worksheet Generator (Cuisenaire Rod-like)
For numbers to 9, finding the number that adds on to it to make 10.
The listing of worksheets and other math resources below are related to the following standard extracted from the Common Core Standards For Mathematics:
For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation.
Chart
Ten Frames
- Ten Frames (17-page document)
Example/Guidance
Game
Build The Answer Games
- Magnets to Make 10 e.g. 4 + __ = 10
Matching Game
Target Game
- Targeting What Makes 10 e.g. __ + 3 = 10
Worksheet
Number bonds to 10
- Number bonds for 3 & 4
- Number bonds for 5
- Number bonds for 6
- Number bonds for 7
- Number bonds for 8
- Number bonds for 9
- Number bonds for 4 & 5 : Stacked to color
- Number bonds for 6, 7, & 8 : Stacked to color
- Number bonds for 9 & 10 : Stacked to color
- Number bonds to 10 e.g.3 + ___ = 10
- Number Bonds to 10 (worksheet/ activity)
- Complements to 10 Number Search Complements to 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10
Worksheet Generator
- Addition/ Subtraction Worksheet Generator (adding and/or subtracting zeros, ones, and/or doubles)
Quickly add and subtract with numbers up to 5. e.g. 2 + 3 = 5
The listing of worksheets and other math resources below are related to the following standard extracted from the Common Core Standards For Mathematics:
Fluently add and subtract within 5.
Game
Target Game
- Adding & Subtracting Within 5 (e.g. 2 + 3 =5, 4 – 1= 3)
- Adding & Subtracting Within 5 (e.g. 2 + 3 =5, 4 – 1= 3)
Worksheet
Fact Families
- Fact Families for 4 & for 5 e.g. 2 + 3 = 5, 3 + 2 = 5, 5 – 2 = 3, 5 – 3 = 2
Number bonds to 10
- Number Bonds (Numbers to 10) – 13 Pages
Worksheet Generator
Number & Operations in Base Ten
Working with numbers from 11 to 19 and understanding that they are made up of ten ones and a certain number of ones.
The listing of worksheets and other math resources below are related to the following standard extracted from the Common Core Standards For Mathematics:
Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (such as 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones._x000C_
Chart
Place Value Charts
- Ones & Tens : 4 per page
- Ones & Tens
- Ones & Tens : 16 per page
Measurement & Data
Describing the attributes of different objects. e.g. height or weight.
The listing of worksheets and other math resources below are related to the following standard extracted from the Common Core Standards For Mathematics:
Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.
Example/Guidance
Worksheet
- What Time of Day? – Identifying when certain events happen. e.g. breakfast at 8:00
Activities
Blank Clocks
- Blank Clock face : no numbers or hands
- Blank Clock face : no numbers or hands
Durations
- How Long Does This Take? – e.g. brushing teeth – 2 minutes or 2 hours?
Worksheet Generator
Comparing two things to determine which has more and/ or which has less than the other. e.g. compare two books to see which is heavier and which is lighter.
With quantities up to 10, putting objects into stated categories and counting and sorting each category.
Geometry
Describing the position of things using words like below, above, and behind.
Identifying shapes no matter the size or rotation.
Distinguishing between two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes.
Comparing and describing 2D and 3D shapes. e.g. “they have the same number of corners” or “all the sides are the same length”.
Creating and drawing shapes
Putting different shapes together to make different shapes. e.g. a rectangle from two triangles.
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