Kindergarten hands-on math activities and centers! Perfect for the beginning of the school year!

Start your school year by teaching math and STEM together in your kindergarten classroom! This lesson follows the simple I do, We do, You Do model to teach numbers and counting to your kindergarten students.

For this intro to kindergarten math lesson, your class will complete a math scavenger hunt together. Students learn about math workshop. Your students will share a little about themselves with a Math About Me Worksheet and Math Inventory.

You can set up 4 different math centers for students to engage in hands-on math learning. They can also draw a picture of their favorite part of math class.

Connect to Read Aloud Story:

It's a great companion to What Is Math? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich.

Materials:

• chart paper
• pencils
• crayons/markers/color sticks
• Math About Me page
• large plastic cups with numbers
• What Is Math? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Included:

• Math about me worksheet
• 4 Hands-on Math Centers
• Math Inventory Worksheet
• Math Workshop expectations
• Math Scavenger Hunt
• Detailed teacher lesson plans
• Aligns to NGSS, Common Core Math, and TEKS