First Week of Kindergarten Math Talks- Set 2 FDK-US COMMON CORE

First Month of Kindergarten Math Talks Set 2 | Number Sense, Subitizing, Sorting & Counting

Make your early Kindergarten math block meaningful, visual, and low prep with this First Month of Kindergarten Math Talks Set 2 from Sweet Little Learners. This bundle includes six teacher-friendly math talks designed to build number sense, subitizing, sorting, counting, real-life math vocabulary, and early mathematical thinking.

These lessons are perfect for the early days of Kindergarten because they are gentle, hands-on, discussion-based, and easy to teach. Students will practise noticing, counting, explaining, representing, sorting, and recording numbers in playful and meaningful ways.

Included Math Talks:

1. Subitizing at a Glance
2. Make Your Own Dot Cards
3. Pairs in Our World
4. Sorting by Colour
5. Meet the Number 2
6. Roll, Count & Record

What’s Included in Each Lesson:

• full teacher lesson plan
• learning goal
• materials list
• Google Slides link space
• teaching video link space
• teacher prompts
• math talk discussion questions
• centre connection ideas
• assessment look fors
• Ontario FDK curriculum connections
• U.S. Common Core Kindergarten standards

Skills Covered:

• subitizing quantities 1–5
• recognizing dot patterns
• counting objects
• matching quantities to numerals
• representing number 2
• identifying pairs and sets of two
• sorting by colour
• classifying objects
• recording results
• comparing most and least
• oral math language
• observation and discussion skills

Perfect For:

• Kindergarten math talks
• first month of Kindergarten
• whole-group math lessons
• small-group instruction
• math centres
• homeschool Kindergarten
• early years educators
• number sense intervention
• low-prep math planning

Curriculum Alignment:

This resource supports Ontario FDK expectations for exploring numbers, quantities, patterns, relationships, sorting, classifying, and communicating mathematical thinking. It also supports U.S. Common Core Kindergarten standards including K.CC.A.3, K.CC.B.4, K.CC.B.5, K.CC.C.6, and K.MD.B.3.

Give yourself a ready-to-use math talk system that helps students build confidence, conversation skills, and strong early number sense from the very beginning of the year.