What Your Child Will Learn in Pre-Kindergarten Quarter 3
Counting and Cardinality
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Recognize the concept of just after or just before a given
number up to the number 10.
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Recognize that each successive number names and refers to a
quantity that is one larger.
Represent a number (0-5, then to 10) by creating a group of
objects using concrete materials, pictures, and/or numbers.
Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities to
5, then to 10; connect counting to cardinality.
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ACTIVITIES AT HOME
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Dial a family member’s phone number. Practice dialing your own
One-to-one Correspondence: Students assign one number to
each object as they count
Look through a store ad. Cut out numbers 0-10. Put the numbers
Count On: Starting at a given number and counting forward from
in order from least to greatest.
that number
Greater Than: A number that has a higher value than another
number
Less Than: A number that has a lower value than another number
Equal: Having the same value
Grab a handful of an item, cereal, beans, etc. Estimate how many
Was your estimate more or less than what you grabbed?
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VOCABULARY
phone number.
pieces you grabbed. Now count them. Was your estimate close?
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Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater
than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another
group (for groups up to 5 objects).
Explore relationships by comparing groups of objects up to 10,
to determine greater than/more or less than, equal to/same..
Recognize written numbers 0-10
Automatically recognize the number of objects in sets of 0-5
without counting
Walk around your home. Count how items are plugged into the
wall.
Resources for Quarter 3:
Show the number 5 in as many different ways as you can. Use
Literature Connections: Count the Ways, Little Brown Bear by M. Moore
pictures, numbers, and objects. For example 2 blue blocks and 3
red blocks makes 5, but so do 4 blue blocks and one red block,
Websites:
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html#compare-order7
and so does one blue block, one yellow block, and three red
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/memory.html
blocks, etc.
http://pbskids.org/clifford/games/measuring_up.html
 Play a simple board game. Do you automatically know what
number is on the dice without counting? Take a guess and then
count the dots to see if you were right.
Apps:
Preschool and Kindergarten Learning Games
Toddler Teasers- Shapes
What Your Child Will Learn in Pre-Kindergarten Quarter 3
Measurement and Data
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Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight.
 Compare two objects with common measurable attributes, to see which object has “more of”/“less of” the attribute. For
example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/shorter.
 Sort objects into categories; count the numbers of objects in each category.
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Compares categories using words such as greater/more than, less than, and equal to/same.
ACTIVITIES AT HOME
VOCABULARY
 Trace your hand on paper. Trace a friend’s or family
member’s hand too. Which hand is longer?
 Sort a bag of skittles or other candy by color. Count each
color. What color has the most? What color has the
least?
 Get three bowls or plates. Put them in order from biggest
to smallest.
 Help to sort your family members laundry
 Find 3 objects in the home that are longer than your shoe.
 Grab a handful of an item, cereal, beans, etc. Estimate
how many pieces you grabbed. Now count them. Was
your estimate close? Was your estimate more or less
than what you grabbed?
 Estimate how many spoonfuls it take to finish a bowl of
cereal. Count each spoonful as you eat.
Attribute: A characteristic of an object that students use to
define the object. Example: thin, thick, small, large, 3 sides,
4 sides, etc.
Length: The distance between two points or objects
Weight: A measure of how heavy something is
Sorting: Grouping objects based on similar attributes
Non-Standard Units of measurement: Any real item that
can be used to measure. Examples: paperclips, cookies,
pennies, or yarn
Greater Than: A number that has a higher value than another
number
Less Than: A number that has a lower value than another
number
Equal: Having the same value
What Your Child Will Learn in Pre-Kindergarten Quarter 3
Geometry
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Match like and similar shapes.
Group shapes by attributes. For example, group together all shapes with four sides.
Match and sort shapes.
Describe three-dimensional objects using attributes.
Correctly name shapes (regardless of their orientations or overall size
Compose and describe structures using three-dimensional shapes.
ACTIVITIES AT HOME
VOCABULARY
 Look around your home for solid shapes. Name at least 3
solid shapes.
 Look around your home for flat shapes. Name and draw at
least 3 flat shapes.
 Look around your home for rectangle. Count them and
record how many you found.
 Use bendy straw, toothpicks, or pipe cleaners to make as
many shapes as you can.
 Make a picture using a square, a circle, and triangle.
Describe to a friend how you made it.
 Find everyday solid shapes around your house that you
were going to throw out or recycle. Look for empty cereal
boxes, empty tissue boxes, used paper towel or toilet
paper rolls, etc. Use these solid shapes like blocks to
build a tower, house, city, etc.
 Explore position words. Use toys to model before, after,
above, below, and beside. Describe using attributes. Ex.
The blue car is behind the red car.
Two-Dimensional (flat): The outline of a shape such as a
triangle, square, or rectangle
Attribute: A characteristic of an object that students use to
define the object. Example: thin, thick, small, large, 3 sides, 4
sides, etc
Three-Dimensional (solid): A shape having length, width, and
height such as a sphere or cylinder
Face: The flat surface of a solid figure
Side: Line-segments of shapes
Vertex: A point where to two or more straight lines meet. A corner
Square: A four-sided shape with equal sides and corners
Rectangle: A four-sided shape with two sets of sides that are
equal and parallel, and four right angles
Circle: A flat shape with no sides or corners
Triangle: A three-sided figure
Hexagon: A shape with six sides
Sphere: A solid shape similar to a basketball
Cylinder: A 3-D shape with two circular faces
Cube: A 3-D shape with six square faces
Cone: A 3-D shape with a curved surface and one circular face