Pencils! Pencils! How many pencils did you count?

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Pencils! Pencils! How many pencils did you
count?
Created by Kristin Kaye Grubb Early Childhood
Major at the University of Rio Grande.
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Introduction

• This web quest has been designed to help
  preschoolers with early counting skills.

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Purpose

• This web quest is intended to meet the
  following Ohio Department of Education Early
  Learning Math Standard
• Number, Number Sense and Operations, Indicator
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• Determine how many in sets of 5 or fewer
  objects.

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Directions for Parents and Teachers

• 1.) Before exploring this web quest with your
  child or student, allow the child to practice
  counting concrete objects (i.e., toy cars,
  spoons, cups, etc.) (This activity will
  introduce and prepare your child or student for
  the web quest.)

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Directions for Parents and Teachers Continued

• 2.) Completing the Web Quest activity
• A. Have the child count the number of pencils
  in each row out loud.
• B. Give the child immediate feedback. Tell
  the child whether or not his or her answer is
  correct. If the child gives an incorrect answer,
  encourage him or her to recount the pencils.

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Directions for the Student

• Hi! Welcome to this web quest! Today, you
  are going to count the number of pencils in each
  row. Count out loud so that your parent or
  teacher can hear you.
• Smile and have fun!

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Lets start counting!

• 1.)

How many pencils are in this row?
Go to the next slide for more counting fun!
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Lets keep counting!

• 2.)

How many pencils are in this row?
Go to the next slide for more counting fun!
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Keep on counting! You are doing great!

• 3.)

How many pencils are in this row?
Go to the next slide for more counting fun!
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Are you still counting? Keep up the good work!

• 4.)

How many pencils are in this row?
Go to the next slide for more counting fun!
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Lets count one more time!

• 5.)

How many pencils are in this row?
Good job!
You are finished! Smile and keep counting!
Attention Parents and Teachers Please see the
next slide for follow-up instructions.
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Follow-up Instructions for Parents and Teachers

• Was the web quest a success? Answer the
  following questions
• 1.) How well did he or she do?
• 2.) Did he or she answer most of the questions
  correctly?
• 3.) Does he or she need extra help with his or
  her counting skills?

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Follow-up Activities

• 1.) Continue to have your child count objects
  around the house.
• 2.) Allow your child to complete this web quest
  again in the future to track improvement.
• I welcome any comments concerning the quality of
  this web
• quest. Please see the next slide for details.

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Contact Information

• I would love to hear about you and your childs
  experience with this web quest. Please email any
  comments, questions, and/or concerns to me at the
  following email address
• Kristin Grubb

For a link to a related web quest, please see the
next slide.
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Related Web Quest

• Macaroni Math Mania
• Click on the link Count Us In to
• find a variety of counting games.