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Counting Principles – Movement is Magnitude

Movement is Magnitude is my eighth blog post in a series about the Counting Principles. These principles are helpful when developing children’s number sense. It’s not enough for them to learn to count by rote, they have to develop a strong foundation of numbers and counting.

You can see the other Counting Principle blog posts here.

A review of Counting Principles for kindergarten number sense. Free movement-is-magnitude counting cards for your students to use to practice their number sense skills. FREEBIE included! #movementismagnitude #numbersense #creativekindergarten

What is Movement is Magnitude?

It is an understanding that when you move up the counting sequence, numbers are increasing. When you are moving down the counting sequence, numbers are decreasing. The quantities increase/decrease by 1 or by whatever interval you are counting by.

Why is Movement is Magnitude important?

This skill is closely related to stable order, an understanding of number sequence and a deeper understanding of numbers.

Activities

Building with blocks, or any kind of object that can be built into towers. When students are ready, they can start practicing their skip counting skills.

These blog posts have fun activity ideas to practice Movement is Magnitude: domino number line, invitation to explore number lines.

Movement is Magnitude Number Line
A review of Counting Principles for kindergarten number sense. Free movement-is-magnitude counting cards for your students to use to practice their number sense skills. FREEBIE included! #movementismagnitude #numbersense #creativekindergarten

Cut out the number lines, glue the ends together and laminate. Students can build towers above each number in the box.

If you would like to use these cards, they are a free download in my Resource Library (if you do not have he password, sign up for my newsletter and it will be sent to you):

Counting
A review of Counting Principles for kindergarten number sense. Free movement-is-magnitude counting cards for your students to use to practice their number sense skills. FREEBIE included! #movementismagnitude #numbersense #creativekindergarten

If your students need more practice with their movement is magnitude, this pack will have them practicing in with a car!

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