When gathering your class to the carpet for your morning meeting, include math activities. Have a question of the day that children answer before coming to the carpet. Questions can relate to your units, but do not have to. An example of a question is, "What color is your toothbrush?" Ask your class which response has the most and the least. While at the morning meeting, count each day the children have been in school. Practice counting to 100 and introduce skip counting, where children count by twos, fives and tens.
Your math center should allow for children to have choice in which math activity they will work on. Typically, children visit different centers daily for more practice on skills specific to the child. Place a variety of levels of math activities in your center area, to challenge the needs of all children. When introducing your measurement unit, show your pupils how to measure a set of items in the center area. Provide data recording sheets to enable you to check children's work.
In kindergarten, children should learn counting skills, simple addition, beginning measurement, coins and patterning. Plan a short lesson focusing on one of these skills where you demonstrate how to perform a task. Give the children time at their seats to practice and solve math problems. After your pupils have completed their math work, invite the children to come back to the carpet. Have children share their answers and how they completed the problem.
Have students do complete math work at home with their parents. To prepare for the 100th day of school, send a letter home requesting your pupils count out 100 of an item to bring into school. For weekly practice, give the children a word problem to solve with their parents' assistance. If your school provides math extension activity sheets, send these home for children to practice. If you do not have these resources create your own. For example, after beginning your patterning unit, send home a page for children to draw out a pattern with their parents. The intent of work at home in kindergarten is to involve parents with their children's education.