This document discusses using technology to enhance kindergarten students' counting skills. It provides examples of reputable internet resources for teaching counting and cardinality, including interactive games on sites like Education World and K-5 Teaching Resources. Videos from Teaching Channel are also recommended, such as one showing a kindergarten game called "Mingle and Count". The premise is that technology can be a fun way for young students to strengthen their counting skills and strategies beyond traditional methods.

1. Counting and Cardinality
Alexis Thoma
Kindergarten Unit
Spring 2015

2. Learning to count was a crucial part of our
lives in Kindergarten. Think about how much
of our daily life is associated with counting.
Having the fundamental counting skills
needed for every day life is greatly beneficial
in the starting point for young academic
careers, especially through the use of
technology. Not only is technology a fun
method for exploring, but it also serves as a
unique way for young students to strengthen
their counting skills and strategies. The
premise of this presentation is to show how
teachers can enhance their students’ counting
skills through various uses of technology. Let’s
go see how fun counting can be!
Rationale for Technology Integration

3. Internet Content
• The websites I have incorporated into this
PowerPoint are all reputable resources that
teachers can use for teaching counting and
cardinality in an effective and meaningful way.

4. Blog
At the time this blog entry was made in 2011, Fran Kramer had been
a Kindergarten teacher for over 25 years. Having received two
degrees in elementary education and special education, she has
been able to perform as a coach to K-5 teachers for Common Core.

5. Pinterest

6. Instructional Video

7. Internet Resources
• Education World is a reputable website
designed for those in the teaching field. It
provides lesson plans, news articles, and
games while creating a teaching community
online. Teachers can use a fun interactive
game called Chalkboard Math for students to
practice number sense and concepts
associated with counting.

8. Internet Resources
• K-5 Math Teaching Resources is both a helpful
and reputable resource for teachers filled with
ideas and lessons which are all aligned with
the CCSS. Their section on Kindergarten:
Number provides interactive activities and
rhymes for students to practice and enhance
their counting skills.

9. Internet Resources
• Teaching Channel is another great reputable
resource for teachers to collaborate with
other teachers through the use of videos. This
site also aligns with CCSS. One video in
particular is directly related to counting, which
is a game played by a Kindergarten class called
Mingle and Count.

10. Kidspiration

11. Teaching Materials 1

12. Teaching Materials 2

13. Teaching Materials 3
Click on the image
for this
SmartBoard
activity that
teachers can use
as an interactive
approach to
counting and
cardinality in their
classrooms.

14. Teaching Materials 4

15. Subject-specific Internet-based
Resource
• Illuminations is a site that provides math
resources for teachers.
• This webpage is great for teachers to
incorporate into their lesson planning because
it provides a descriptive lesson guide,
standards, materials needed, etc. that
teachers can easily print for reference.

16. Internet Uses
• YouTube
• Scholastic

17. Web 2.0

18. Slideshare
• Check out this PowerPoint on Slideshare!