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    • ▾Kindergarten
      • ▸Counting and place value
        • •Counting from pictures, oral response
        • •Counting objects by property
        • •Counting to 100 by ones
        • •Counting to 100 by tens
        • •Counting on by ones or tens
        • •Understanding zero
        • •Write numbers
        • •Counting objects, line or rectangular array
        • •Counting objects, scattered and circular arrangements
        • •Compare by matching or counting
        • •Compare written numerals
        • •Counting by category
        • •Count, represent and write teen numbers
      • ▸Addition and subtraction
        • •Add and subtract within 5
        • •Composing and decomposing within 10
        • •Addition, missing number word problems
        • •Addition and subtraction, concrete and visual
        • •Add and subtract within 10
      • ▾Measurement and geometry
        • •Compare measurements without tools
        • •Measurement tools
        • •Naming shapes in the real-world
        • •Naming shapes regardless of orientation or size
        • •Relative positions
        • •Identify shapes and solids
        • •Compare attributes of shapes and solids
        • •Build solids
        • •Compose 2D shapes
        • •Simple repeating patterns
        • •Growing patterns
     › Kindergarten › Measurement and geometry

    Build solids

    Make 3D objects out of Play Doh. Recipes for imitation Play Doh can be found online.

    Understanding Common Core Math (Standard K.G.B.5) by Understanding Common Core Math

    Conclude by giving your students this challenge: 8 identical squares have been stacked in the figure below. All but the first square are partially covered. Label the squares 1-8, from top to bottom.

    Here's the solution.

    With Play Doh we can create any solid, whereas sticks and clay balls limit us to polyhedron.

    I should add an Amazon affiliate link for Play Doh. In the future I would like to sell various manipulatives, such as Play Doh.

    K.G.B.5: Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

    Practice problems and additional lessons