Skills
- Count, read, write and compare numbers up to 1,000, both symbolically and through physical construction
- Acquire facility with basics of place value
- Perform basic addition and subtraction functions of one-, two-, and three-digit numbers
- Understand basic fraction concepts
- Count by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s and 10s
- Identify and construct circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, ovals, cubes, tetrahedral pyramids, cylinders, cones, spheres and rectangular prisms
- Recognize and describe the appearance of basic patterns in nature
- Recognize equivalency in number, shape, pattern and other physical characteristics
- Construct basic sets and groupings of objects in the environment and nature, and be able to articulate the criteria for inclusion and exclusion
- Recognize and solve simple replacement codes
- Solve simple geometric puzzles
- Recognize the relationship of tone to the size, length, shape and material of the object being sounded (e.g., bells of different size being run, or the length of thickness of a string being plucked)
- Take linear measurement and be able to articulate changes in measurement over time; introduce basic means of recording measurement
- Tell and record time and changes in time in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years
- Recognize and calculate basic currency; introduce coin-tossing scenarios as an introduction to probability
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