Mathematics

About this course

Kindergarten math starts at the very beginning. The first three units build the numbers themselves: counting and writing 1 through 5, then 6 through 10, then the teen numbers to 20, with practice in one-more and one-less, comparing which group has more, putting numbers in order, filling a ten frame, and taking a first look at tens and ones. From there the year moves to shapes (circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, spotting them around the house, sorting them, and building them), patterns (AB, ABC, color patterns, number patterns, patterns in nature, and making up an original one), addition within 10 (putting groups together, adding 1 and 2, adding with pictures, and simple story problems), subtraction within 10 (taking away, counting how many are left, and subtraction stories), and a closing measurement unit on long and short, tall and small, heavy and light, comparing sizes, morning and night, and the days of the week.

The course is 59 lessons across 8 units, which is a shorter run than the full 180-day courses in later grades and is meant to be taken at whatever pace suits a five-year-old. A lesson is planned for about 35 minutes and is written to be led out loud by you rather than read silently by your student: a short prayer, a review of yesterday, the new idea taught with beans, blocks, fingers, or household objects, guided practice together, and a few minutes of independent work. Each lesson closes with a ten-question quiz that grades itself, and the questions are read-aloud simple. A KJV verse is tied to each day's topic, most often pointing to the order and pattern God built into creation.

Nothing is assumed coming in. Your student does not need to already know numbers, letters, or how to write, though a little rote counting and enough pencil control to trace a numeral will make the first unit go faster. Plan to sit with your student for the whole lesson. The listed materials are only pencil, paper, and an eraser, but nearly every lesson also calls for something you already have on hand, such as beans, buttons, blocks, cups, bowls, or a strip of paper, so a small basket of counting objects kept nearby is worth setting up before you begin.

What the course covers

• Counting, writing, and ordering numbers 1 to 20
• One more and one less, and comparing groups
• Ten frames and a first look at tens and ones
• Circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles
• Sorting, building, and finding shapes around the house
• AB, ABC, color, and number patterns
• Addition within 10 with objects, pictures, and stories
• Subtraction within 10 and how many are left
• Comparing length, height, and weight
• Morning and night, and the days of the week

What your student will be able to do

• Count, write, and put in order the numbers 1 through 20
• Tell which group has more, fewer, or the same
• Name and sort circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles
• Recognize, extend, and create a repeating pattern and state its rule
• Add and subtract within 10 using objects and pictures
• Compare objects by length, height, and weight and name the days of the week

Scope and sequence

All 8 units of Mathematics for Kindergarten, in the order they are taught.

Every lesson, by title

All 59 lesson titles are listed here — nothing is withheld until you download. Open a unit to read its contents.

One whole lesson, exactly as it comes

This is a real lesson taken from the middle of the course — the teaching text, the practice, the homework, and the first three quiz questions with their answers. It is not a marketing excerpt.

What you will need

Drawn from the materials named across all 59 lessons of this course. Most families already own most of it.