This lesson uses singing and the skipping motor skill in a dance, to kinesthetically teach counting.

Age Level: Preschool

Math Skill

Counting 1-8

Song
Skipping, skipping
while we sing,
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8.



Dance

While singing, students skip in a circle or line with arms swinging in opposition or out to sides. Count one number per skip.

Skipping Motor Skill



Series of step-hops, changing lead foot after hop. One knee is raised, thigh parallel to floor.

Arms swing from shoulders, one forward, one back, in opposition to knee that is raised in front.

Clap:
tum ta, tum ta, tum ta, tum ta

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Lessons
Introduction and Guidelines
Counting
Addition
Sets
Subtraction
Sets with Arm Swinging
Sets with Skipping
Sets with Marching
Sets with Galloping

This ebook is being upgraded and will be available in the future:
Music, Dance and Basic Math by Susan Kramer
In 30 pages, this ebook by Susan Kramer teaches basic math skills through song and dance in 9 lessons. For pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade.


Article, musical score, song, dance, photo credit Susan Kramer