Count back by 1s from any starting point between 0-20
Counting to 10 Forward and Backward
Timeframe: 3:06
Audience: Whole class
Materials: Screen and device
Guiding questions: Pause the clip at random intervals. What number do we think might come next? How do you know? Look at your fingers. Put one more finger up/down. Count how many there are.
Source: https://youtu.be/mb5n2o-NWSQ?si=QlktLv85_stHSonj Jack Hartmann
Counting Back from 20 (youtube)
Timeframe: 3:11
Audience: Whole class
Materials: Device, screen
Summary: Watch the clip and have chn count along. Tell them that you are going to trick them, and you will pick a random point in the video to start. Can they still count back from that number?
Guiding questions: Pause the video throughout and ask questions such as, “What number will come next? How do you know? What does that number look like?”
Source: Have Fun Teaching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPktd4k_O8
Count Back from 120 Brainbreak (youtube)
Timeframe: 3:14
Audience: Whole class
Materials: Device, screen
Summary: The video has a great visual with the 120 chart, however it does move very quickly, so consider slowing down the Playback Speed to 0.75.
Guiding questions: Pause the video throughout and ask questions such as, “What number will come next? How do you know? What does that number look like?”
Source: Firstie For Learning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8xIGTU4VuQ
Count Back 21
Timeframe: Each game can take between 5 - 10 minutes
Audience: Whole group in a circle, or smaller groups, even pairs
Materials: N/A
Summary: Each student has a choice of saying 1, 2 or 3 numbers in a row starting from 21 counting back to 0. The student who ends up saying 0 is OUT.
Guiding questions:
Source: unknown