Mathematics Homeschool Curriculum Skills List | Secular Preschool

Math skills are introduced with manipulative activities that help the child see and work through the concept in a tactile manner that encourages understanding. This is followed by an individual activity or practice worksheet (included in the lesson).

• Count from one to twenty.
• Recognize numerals 1-20.
• Arrange numbers in ascending order from one to twenty.
• Arrange numbers in descending order from twenty to one.
• Identify missing numbers on a number line.
• Identify a number that comes before or after a given number.
• Identify a number and make a set containing the corresponding number of items.
• Determine if one set is more than, is less than, or is equal to another.
• Choose a numeral that represents how many items are in a set.
• Identify an object that does not belong in a set.
  • Learn the days of the week.
  • Identify the day that comes before or after a given day.
  • Identify a number that comes before or after a given number.
  • Learn the months of the year.
  • Identify the month that comes before or after a given month.
• Develop a strategy to win a game.
  
• Record data using tally marks.
• Make a picture graph.
• Make a bar graph.
• Count the number of dots on dice.
• Develop one-to-one correspondence skills.
• Color by number.
• Identify shapes.
  • square
  • circle
  • triangle
  • star
  • heart
  • oval
  • rectangle
  • rhombus
  • cross
  • trapezoid
  • pentagon
  • hexagon
  • octagon
• Compare the similarities and differences of shapes.
• Sort shapes into sets by color.
• Connect dots and make shapes by counting numbers in order.
• Recognize the number of items in a group without counting.
• Make designs using pattern blocks.
• Describe objects in the environment using geometric shape names.
• Identify shapes in the environment.
• Use play dough to make shapes.
• Group letters by characteristics.
  • Group letters made with straight line segments.
  • Group letters made with curves.
  • Group letters made with curves and line segments.
• Identify, create, or extend a pattern.
• Play a memory game.
• Develop problem solving skills.
• Discuss units of measurement. 
• Measure objects using non-standard and standard units of measurement.
• Develop the ability to understand and use ordinal numbers, first through fifth. 
• Apply ordinals to daily experiences.
• Use pattern blocks to explore shapes, size, patterns, spatial awareness, and symmetry.
• Use smaller shapes to compose a larger shape.
• Recognize and describe two-dimensional shapes.
• Develop visual discrimination skills.
• Estimate the capacity of an object.
• Understand that one item may weigh more or less than another item.
• Make a prediction.
• Sequence events.
• Complete a puzzle.
• Represent numerals using a ten frame.
• Identify coins.