Lesson · Kindergarten · Mathematics

Counting One at a Time: One Number for Each Apple

  • Kindergarten
  • Mathematics
  • 38 s
  • British Columbia
  • BCK-MA-01

Six apples lie mixed up on a mat, and each one is moved onto a shelf as its number is said, so every apple gets exactly one number from 1 to 6. A check shows one number under each apple and an empty mat, then the video shows that the last number said, 6, tells how many apples there are.

Concept: Counting one at a time: one number for each thing

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In one sentence

The question this lesson answers

Here are some apples. How many apples are there?

Let's count. We say one number for each apple.

Transcript

What the lesson says

Here are some apples. How many apples are there?

Let's count. We say one number for each apple.

Move each one over as you say its number.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Let's check. Each apple has one number. No apple is left behind.

The last number we said was six. So there are six apples.

Count one at a time, one number for each thing.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Kindergarten

Mathematics, Number: number concepts to 10BCK-MA-01

Next: The Last Number You Count Tells How Many

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.