Counting to 10
The numbers 1 to 10, each shown as a ten-frame — a row of five and a second row that counts on from it. A number is how many, and a ten-frame lets a child see the amount rather than only say the word.
Reference chart
Counting to 10
A number tells how many. Each ten-frame fills left to right, so a full row is five and two full rows are ten — the amount is something to see, not just say.
What's on this chart
Counting starts as matching: one number word to one object, and the last word you say is how many there are. A ten-frame makes that count hold still. Five cells fill the top row, five more the bottom, so a child reads 7 as “a full five and two more” without recounting from one — the pattern does the work that fingers were doing.
Why this chart helps
The frame also plants what comes next. Because ten cells make a full frame, a child sees early that 10 is the whole thing and that 6 and 4, or 7 and 3, fill it together — the number bonds the addition charts build on. Nothing here needs adding yet; the pairs are just there to be noticed, which is exactly how they should first arrive.
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