Pre-K Mental Math Montessori

This is an introduction to abacus and the second lesson. Counting Numbers 5-9 Worksheets. The abacus used has 1 bead on top and 4 beads on the bottom. This activity focuses on the top bead (has a value of 5) and the bottom beads (has a value of 1 for each bead). Counting from five to nine. This activity also includes tracing numbers, coloring by number, pixel art coloring, matching numerals to objects, and abacus.

The abacus has been used for centuries and is utilized as a mathematical power tool that will help eliminate math anxiety. Included is a “filling” bucket to monitor students’ accomplishments and a certificate for completing Lesson 1.

Activities will teach the following fundamentals:

• Number recognition
• Understanding the bead representation for numbers

This is an introduction to abacus. Counting Numbers 0–4 Worksheets. The abacus used has 1 bead on top and 4 beads on the bottom. This activity focuses on the bottom beads. Counting from zero to four. This activity also includes tracing numbers, coloring by number, pixel art coloring, matching numerals to objects, and abacus.

The abacus has been used for centuries and is utilized as a mathematical power tool that will help eliminate math anxiety. Included is a “filling” bucket to monitor students’ accomplishments and a certificate for completing Lesson 1.

Activities will teach the following fundamentals:

• Number recognition
• Understanding the bead representation for numbers

Included are video tutorials to read the abacus, numbers 1–4.

Counting and coloring Numbers 0 to 4 on the abacus in a maze. These number sense mazes are perfect for pre-k and kindergarten to gain awareness of the numbers 0–4. Students practice number recognition on both the numeral and the abacus. This also encourages students to subitize and use number sense.

There are 4 different mazes, and answer key.

What is subitizing?

Subitizing is the ability to quickly recognize the number of objects in a small group without counting them individually. It's essentially the ability to perceive the quantity of objects at a glance. This skill is particularly evident with small numbers, typically up to around 5 or 6 objects in this activity, 0–4.

What is number sense?

Number sense is the ability to identify and conceptualize numbers, like 1, 2, 3. The activity helps compare the abacus beads with the numerals.

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