Lesson plans that deal with reading and writing numbers emphasize visual learning. Tracing numbers, cutting out numbers and painting numbers allow kids to express their creativity while teaching basic math skills. Books and stories that feature numbers can be used to increase reading comprehension. Mastering reading and writing numbers prepares kids for recording the results of their measurements in notebooks or on graphs.
Counting is a basic part of measurement. Counting lesson plans should focus on letting kindergarten children practice counting wide varieties of objects. Further, the lesson should focus on teaching children to recognize numbers, write numbers and begin to understand the concepts of less and more. Counting games such as dice, card games or even dominoes can be valuable tools when creating or choosing a counting lesson plan.
Kindergarten math teachers may spend a great deal of time teaching children to recognize shapes and colors. Toys and manipulates can play a useful role in lesson plans that teach shapes. Many lesson plans use objects that kids are already familiar with, like building blocks, balls and strips of paper to teach basic geometry like shapes and sizes. Once students master shapes, they can go on to measuring the dimensions of those shapes.
It may sound surprising, but the basic concepts of algebra are introduced to students as early as kindergarten. Lesson plans for teaching algebra at a kindergarten level focus on basic pattern recognition. Games that ask kids to spot differences in patterns, estimate measurements and compare and contrast objects are all valuable tools in kindergarten algebra lesson plans. Patterns are important when asking children to sort items for measurement.
Measurement lesson plans focus on allowing children to use their counting, reading and writing and algebra skills to make conclusions about objects. Even as early as kindergarten, students may be asked to measure temperatures by giving a basic hot or cold evaluation or to group objects by measuring their size.