Celebrating 31 Day!

In our state, kindergarten children are expected to read, write, match, count and represent the numbers from 0 to 31. For years, we focused on the numbers from 0-100. However, as we began unpacking our state standards, realizing just how much was involved in developing the number sense for these numbers, we unanimously chose to stick to the standard. Thank goodness we did! 

If you attempt to have deep conversations with children about numbers, you realize how difficult it is for a young child to subitize numbers past 4 or to have a developed enough sense of number to be able to say what is one more or one fewer than a given number. Hence, 31 Day...

As a kindergarten team, we decided to dedicate January 31st to the study of numbers from 0-31. Each class rotated from room to room, where the children engaged in a variety of activities centered around these numbers. The rotations were only 15 minutes long, and we were finished before our students went to specialists at 10:30! In the afternoon, we played a game of I Have, Who Has and created a special 31 snack.  As I think about next year, I am considering doing 31 Day multiple times throughout the year in order to build and solidify these concepts.

Here are some pictures from our special day: