Right now, we are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of How Wee Learn with 10 Days of Freebies. 🎉 I am so happy you are here!

I like to think of this as a mutually beneficial relationship, the one you and I have. I get the honor of helping you live and learn alongside your children, and in doing so, you support me and my family. It’s a beautiful thing!

To thank you (from the bottom of my heart) for helping me grow over the years, I am sharing with you my ten best freebies.

We started with an animal puppet freebie from my Toddler Program, Playful Days. Next were some sound cards from my Preschool Program, Play into Kindergarten Readiness. And after preschool? Why Kindergarten, of course!

Free Number Bundle

Today I am sharing with you a wonderful number-learning-filled freebie. When teaching our little ones their numbers, it is important to focus only on the first ten numbers for a long while.

As we teach them those first ten numbers, we want to focus on counting, number recognition, one-to-one correspondence, and finally, the skill of making ten.

Making ten is such an important foundational skill for our little ones to develop! This skill involves understanding that 5 and 5 make ten, as do 3 and 7, etc.

When children are able to naturally and automatically make 10 out of simple one-digit numbers, they will be able to pick up bigger math concepts easily as they have the foundation needed to build on.

Ways to Learn and Play with a Making 10 Chart

When using a Making Ten Chart, place items in the chart starting on the upper left side and moving to the right, just as you would reading a book, left to right, top to bottom.

Begin by getting out a few beads, buttons, or pompoms and have your child place them on the chart. Count how many items are on the chart with your child. Count the same way you placed the items, left to right, top to bottom. Next, count how many empty squares remain.

Pretty soon, your child will begin to realize that when the top row is full, there are five of the item and will be able to practice the skill of “counting on” from the number five.

Here are a few fun ways to play with a making ten chart:

Counting by Feel

Have your child close her eyes and choose a few beads from a bowl. Next, have her try to count them in her hands with her eyes closed. Now, have your child open her eyes and place the beads on the Making 10 Chart. How close was her guess to the actual number of beads?

Making 10 in Reverse

Place 10 pompoms on the chart so it is full, then remove a few. Your child can learn about making ten in reverse (subtraction). 10 take away 3 is 7, and when you add those 3 pompoms back, you have 7 plus 3 is 10!

Counting by Two

Pick out beads, 2 at a time, and encourage your child to place them on the chart and count how many empty squares remain each time.

Word Problems

Make up simple word problems and have your child display them on the making 10 chart. For example, you could say, “Mrs. Seeds went to the store and saw 10 pumpkins for sale. She bought 3 of the pumpkins. How many pumpkins are left?”

Grab your Free Number Bundle right here:

These skills, as well as all of the literacy, science, fine motor, gross motor, nature learning, and all other Kindergarten skills, can be found in my complete Kindergarten Curriculum: Kindergarten at Home.

Like all my resources, we focus on Quality over Quantity. This allows you to have peace of mind that all Kindergarten skills are being taught while also having tons of free time to enjoy life together!

Kindergarten at Home is for you if:

• Your child is 4 to 6 years old.
• You want your child to develop all of the foundational literacy and numeracy skills through play-based learning.
• You enjoy spending time doing activities with your child.
• You want everything to be simple and easy with incredibly minimal prep.
• No prior skills are needed.