K1 Numeracy: Animal Theme Lesson Plans, Totsville Montessori, Term 3

This document contains a series of numeracy lesson plans designed for K1 students at Totsville Montessori Kindergarten during Term 3, all centered around the theme of animals. The lessons cover various numeracy skills, including addition up to 10 and 20 using objects and fingers, adding tens, and subtraction up to 10 and 20, also using objects and fingers. Each lesson plan includes learning outcomes, objectives, materials, and step-by-step procedures, along with questions to engage the children. The activities are designed to enhance mind and hand coordination, as well as calculation speed. Lesson themes include reptiles, amphibians, mammals, insects, and pets.

Theme Animals Date Domain Reptiles Focus Numeracy
Term 3 Level/Age
Group
K1 Number
of
Children
Duration
Name of Activity Numerical calculation
Learning Outcomes Able to add up to 10 using objects and finger
Learning Objectives Skill: mind and hand coordination
Learning Disposition Speed- able to calculate fast
Materials Ten small boxes
Lesson steps (Procedures) Introduction
 Take two small groups of items,
suppose a group of two and five
blocks, the total of which does not
cross 10
 Count the number of blocks in each
group verbally
 Count the number of blocks on hand
 Count the number of blocks in both
the groups
 Count the number in fingers by
adding the two numbers
Main activity
 Give the child two sets of blocks
 Ask the child to count the number of
blocks in each group
 Ask the child to add the numbers in
fingers
Closure
Repeat until child is able to add accurately
Questions to ask
Did you enjoy the activity?
Do have face difficulty adding two big
numbers?
Totsville Montessori Kindergarten
Term 3 K1 Lesson Plan

Totsville Montessori Kindergarten
Term 3 K1 Fine Motor Skill Lesson Plan
Theme Animals Date Domain Amphibian Focus Numeracy
Term 3 Level/
Age
Group
K1 Number
of
Children
Duration
Name of Activity Numerical calculation
Learning Outcomes Able to add up to 20 using objects and fingers
Learning Objectives Skill: mind and hand coordination
Learning Disposition Speed- able to calculate fast
Materials 20 small boxes
Lesson steps (Procedures) Introduction
 Take two small groups of items,
suppose a group of ten and six
blocks, the total of which does not
cross 20
 Count the number of blocks in each
group verbally
 Count the number of blocks in
fingers
 Count the number of blocks in both
the groups by adding
 Count the number in fingers by
adding the two numbers
Main activity
 Give the child two sets of blocks the
total of which is of 20
 Ask the child to count the number of
blocks in each group
 Ask the child to add the numbers by
counting all the blocks
 Ask the child to add the numbers in
fingers
Closure
Repeat until child is able to add accurately
Questions to ask
Do you want to learn subtracting the numbers?

Totsville Montessori Kindergarten
Term 3 K1 Fine Motor Skill Lesson Plan
Theme Animals Date Domain Mammal Focus Numeracy
Term 3 Level/Age
Group
K1 Number
of
Children
Duration
Name of Activity Numerical calculation
Learning Outcomes Able to add tens
Learning Objectives Skill: mind and hand coordination
Learning Disposition Speed- able to calculate fast
Materials Counting by ten video
Laptop
Speakers
Two sets of index cards with numbers 1 to 9
Whiteboard
Marker
Lesson steps (Procedures) Introduction
 Hold up one card from each stack that
represent a two digit number
 Have students draw tens and ones
corresponding to the number on the
whiteboard
Main activity
Ask children to pick up 2 numbers from the 2
sets of index cards, e.g. 27
Ask children how to make this number (2 tens
and 7 ones)
Ask children how many tens make the number
Ask children how many ones make the number
Closure
Ask children to mentally add numbers that are
more than two ones
Questions to ask
Share your answer with your friends

Totsville Montessori Kindergarten
Term 3 K1 Fine Motor Skill Lesson Plan
Theme Animals Date Domain Insect and
creepy
crawlies
Focus Numeracy
Term 3 Level/Age
Group
K1 Number
of
Children
Duration
Name of Activity Numerical calculation
Learning Outcomes Able to subtract up to 10 using objects and
fingers
Learning Objectives Skill: mind and hand coordination
Learning Disposition Speed- able to calculate fast
Materials Ten small boxes
Lesson steps (Procedures) Introduction
 Take a certain number of boxes such
as 8
 Count the number of boxes verbally
 Count the number of boxes using
fingers
 Take away a certain number of
boxes such as 6
 Count the remaining number of
boxes verbally
 Count the remaining number of
boxes by counting in fingers
Main activity
 Give the child a certain number of
box
 Ask the child to count the number of
box verbally
 Ask the child to count the number of
box on fingers
 Ask the child to count a number of
boxes from the given number of
boxes
 Remove the certain number of boxes
from the group
 Ask child to count the remaining
number of boxes verbally
 Ask the child to count the remaining
number of boxes using fingers

Closure
Repeat until child is able to subtract accurately

Questions to ask
Did you enjoy the activity?

Totsville Montessori Kindergarten
Term 3 K1 Fine Motor Skill Lesson Plan
Theme Animals Date Domain Pets Focus Numeracy
Term 3 Level/Age
Group
K1 Number
of
Children
Duration
Name of Activity Numerical calculation
Learning Outcomes Able to subtract up to 20 using objects and
fingers
Learning Objectives Skill: mind and hand coordination
Learning Disposition Speed- able to calculate fast
Materials Gross motor play equipment
Lesson steps (Procedures) Introduction
 Take a certain number of boxes
more than 20 such as 15
 Count the number of boxes verbally
 Count the number of boxes using
fingers
 Take away a certain number of
boxes remainder such as 6
 Count the remaining number of
boxes verbally
 Count the remaining number of
boxes by counting in fingers
Main activity
 Give the child a certain number of
box
 Ask the child to count the number of
box verbally
 Ask the child to count the number of
box on fingers
 Ask the child to count a number of
boxes from the given number of
boxes
 Remove the certain number of boxes
from the group
 Ask child to count the remaining
number of boxes verbally
 Ask the child to count the remaining
number of boxes using fingers
Closure
Repeat until child is able to subtract accurately
Questions to ask

Did you enjoy the activity?