Grade 1 Unit 7 The Wonder of Skip Counting
The Wonder of Skip Counting unit helps children discover the joy of counting by 2s, all the way up to 12s and beyond. Through playful activities, children will recognize that numbers are not just for calculation—they form patterns, rhythms, and relationships. Skip counting invites them to see math as something creative and interconnected, not just a set of rules.
They will:
- Notice how numbers grow in steady steps, building their sense of rhythm and order.
- Practice counting by 2s, all the way up to 12s and even up to 100 (and beyond, when ready).
- Discover how skip counting helps with everyday tasks like counting coins, grouping objects, and keeping track of time.
- Begin to see how items can be organized into equal groups, sparking early multiplication thinking.
- Develop ease and fluency with bigger numbers in a playful, accessible way.
Your child is learning through their sense impressions of the world; this unit encourages you to spend time outside every day before your lesson begins to observe what is happening around you. Elements from these outdoor experiences will form the basis for daily math activities that support the deepening of foundation skills with the four processes. Ideas and concepts are brought through story, art, and play, which are the pathways to the heart.
This purchase includes one digital curriculum unit with 15 days of lesson plans and 5 days of flexible projects. This unit will inspire you with beautiful images, clear instructions and exciting project ideas.
And that's not all. You will also gain access to the Wonder Hub, which includes supporting documents, videos, resources, and community.
The Wonder of Skip Counting
Learning Standards
Concept: Stories and other texts can be shared through pictures and words.
Connection: Your child will hear stories daily and use those stories to build images related to central ideas.
Math:
Concept 1: Numbers to 20 represent quantities that can be decomposed into 10s and 1s.
Connection: Your child will practice addition, subtraction, and grouping with numbers up to 30 daily.
Concept 2: Addition and subtraction with numbers to 10 can be modelled concretely, pictorially, and symbolically to develop computational fluency.
Connection: Your child will review the qualities of the four processes and build a picture of those processes with numbers up to 30.
Concept 3: Repeating elements in patterns can be identified.
Connection: Your child will practice skip counting daily to highlight patterns in times tables.
Science:
Concept: Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in their environment.
Connection: Your child will use time outside to explore how the plants and creatures find their way forth in the Spring. These plants and creatures will form the base of the living picture for math stories.