1 to 10 Shopping

Math - Kindergarten

Hands-on activity: Teaching kids how to count to 10

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1 to 10 Shopping

Goal

Counting and Cardinality: K.CC.A.1

This role-playing game helps students learn to count from 1 to 10. In the game, they act as shoppers buying groceries.

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Activity Prep

• Download & print the PDF below

• Scissors (*Please help with scissors as needed.)

• plastic or paper cup (as a shopping basket)

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How to Play

Number of Players: 

• 2 player *If a student is alone, the teacher can join.

• 1 Caller (Teacher or the students who can call numbers from 1 to 10)

Setup:

1. Download and print the PDF.

2. Cut out all the cards. (Please help with scissors as needed.)

3. Place each item on the table like a grocery store.

4. The caller sets the number cards and selection cards in face-down stacks.

5. Each player takes a cup as a shopping basket.

Playing:

1. The caller draws one card from each deck and announces the number and selection.

2. The first player shops for the number of items shown on the cards by placing them in their cup (as a shopping basket)

3. After shopping, the player returns. The caller checks if the player got the correct number of the selected item.

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Common Core

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.1 K.CC.A.1 (Count to 100 by ones and by tens.)

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