Methodical Counting 01 LCR02 This work is licensed

Methodical Counting 01 -LCR-02 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4. 0 International License.

In today’s class, we’ll cover • Numbers and Counting • Methods used to count correctly • Counting from a number Image Source: https: //in. pinterest. com/pin/326511041716370049/ 2

Numbers and Counting Let’s play a game. Show me your hand. Any hand. How many fingers are there in your hand? Show me both your hands. How many fingers in both hands? 2

Counting fingers How many fingers do you see? 2 4 7 3 2

Counting Right • Correct counting = Count every thing only once • No object gets counted more than one time 1 1 2 2 5 5 3 4 CORRECT 6 3 � 4 WRONG 2 �

Many ways to count correctly 1. Speaking out aloud while counting 1. Touch and count each object 1. Move and count every item 1. Draw objects in your notebook and count 1. Repeat - Count once again to check 2

Speaking out aloud 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. . . 2

Touch and count 2

Move and count ● Let’s learn how to move objects and count. ����� ● Look at the objects here ● We will move them one by one and count. . . �� ����� 1 2 3 4 5 6 2

Draw objects and count ● Let’s learn how to draw objects and count. ● Look at the objects here ♡♡♡ ♡ ♡♡ ● We will draw them and count as we draw. . . 2

Repeat: Count again and check • Count objects using any method you know • Repeat, count again, one by one. 1 2 3 REPEAT Count once again and check! 4 5

Count and Check 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Take out your pencil box and keep it on your desk Line up all the objects that you have Count them How many objects do you have? Recount - count them again and check Do you get the same number as the first time? Look at the desk behind you Can you count how many objects your friend has in their pencil box? 9. Is the count same or different? 2

Counting Methods 1. Speaking out aloud while counting 1. Touch and count each object 1. Move and count every item 1. Draw objects in your notebook and count 1. Repeat - Count once again to check 2

Count things that move Here is a group of many different objects Can you count only those things that move? 2

Counting from a number Can you count starting from the given number below? 8 10 10 2

Answers Can you count starting from the given number below? 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 6 7 8 7 10 8 10 9 2

Do we always count from 1? • When we begin counting, we always start from 1 • • • Let us say we are given some smiley to count We count them starting at 1 Let us say we counted 5 smiley in all • What if the teacher gives us some more smiley to count? • • To count new objects, we don’t start from 1 We start after the last number we counted There were 5 smileys earlier So, now we start from 6 onwards. . . Begin counting from 1 ������� 5 Some more objects. . . ���� Continue to count after the last number. . . ���� 6 2 7

Activity - Counting Right • Let us count how many students have first name starting with alphabet ‘A’ • All students with name that begins with ‘A’, stand up • Now let us count them one by one • After we count a student, the student can sit down • What is the final count? • There are students whose name begins with ‘A’ 2

Recap • What did we learn today? o Numbers and Counting o Different methods used to count o Counting from a number 2

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