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Week 1: Simple Subitizing

Lesson 2

Children identify, without counting, the number of dots on a Speedy Die, read subitizing books, and play the digital City Skate game.


Circle Time

Dot Plates   
5–10 min.

 

Close-up of a child’s hand pointing to a purple dot on the paper Dot Plate his teacher holds.

Children QUICKLY identify or compare the number of dots on a plate.

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Speedy Dice   
10–15 min.

 

A young boy and girl sit on a carpet and look at two dots on a large die.

Children roll and QUICKLY identify the number of dots on top of dice.

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Learning Centers

City Skate   
10–15 min. 

 

A preschool girl in a pink striped shirt looks at the Gracie and Friends City Skate app on an iPad.

Digital Learning Center: Children help Teenie collect groups of two, three, four and five objects as she skateboards through the city.

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Jungle Gym   
10–15 min. 

 

The home screen of the Gracie and Friends Jungle Gym app is seen on an iPad, with a young girl’s hands nearby.

Digital Learning Center: Children choose and decorate a robot with stickers, then dangle robots with the same number of dots together on the jungle gym.

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Skateboard Bingo   
15–20 min.

 

Close-up of a child resting her arms nest to a Skateboard Bingo board, a grid with one to five colorful objects in each square.

Hands-On Learning Center: Children play a game of bingo where they try to QUICKLY recognize the number of dots on caller cards and fill up their bingo boards.

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Jungle Gym Board Game   
15–20 min.

 

A preschool teacher and two children play the Jungle Gym Board Game on the carpeted floor.

Hands-On Learning Center: In this board game, children roll a die and then move their robot game pieces across the rungs of a jungle gym to the finish line.

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Subitizing Books   
10–15 min.

 

An array of subitizing books lie on the table.

Book Corner: Children read subitizing books.

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Snack

Bugs on a Rock   
10–15 min.

 

A teacher holds out a plate of snacks to two young boys.

Children assemble snacks with edible sets of “bugs.”

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