Count on by 1s from any starting point between 0-20
Count On March
Timeframe: 5-10mins
Audience: Whole class
Materials: Pocket die or blank die (labelled with two 1s, two 2s and two 3s)
Summary: All children find a spot to stand up around the room. Pick a starting number (early on it is good to start from zero, but as students grow in confidence, you can select any two digit number). Everyone puts that same starting number in their head. The teacher rolls the die and announces the number rolled. In unison, all students count on OUT LOUD from the starting number, by the amount that was shown on the die, and take that many steps as well. Discuss what the new number is that we’ve landed on. This is the number we will count on from after the next roll of the die. The teacher rolls the die again and announces the number. Everyone takes that many steps and counts on OUT LOUD, once again in unison. Play continues until you reach a target number or time runs out.
Guiding questions: Prior to starting the game, you can discuss how quick and easy it is to recognise one, two or three of something. Clap three times. How many was that? Point to two things around the room. How many things was that? Make the connection that we can visualise the quantity for one, two and three really easily. During the game: What is the next number? What number comes after? What is 1/2/3 more than ___?Â
Source: Andrea Hillbrick.