One more each time

What this lesson shows

Counters join a row one at a time. Each new number we say means one more counter than the number before.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: 7 apples. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

1. Add one at a time
2. Say the next number
3. Each number is one more
4. One more than before

Helping at home

Read each box aloud. Your kid counts the things, draws one more, and says the next number without counting again from 1. Ask: "Is it one more than before?"

If your kid gets stuck

One more is the next number.

Standards

• Common Core K.CC.B.4c
  Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.

More in this unit

• Touch and count
• The last number tells how many
• Moved, but still the same
• Counting a messy group
• Counting rows to 20
• Count out just enough
• Don't skip a number
• First, second, third
• New order, same count
• How many at a glance