Counting in order

Grades K–2

The big idea

Each step up the counting path adds exactly one more.

Think of it like stepping stones across a stream: Each stone is one more step than the last; you can't skip a stone without skipping a number.

Hop the stones

Imagine stones across a stream: 1, 2, 3, 4… Each hop forward is one more. You land on every stone, no skipping, no doubling back.

👉 Add one block at a time and say the next number on each tap.

Tap a block to take it away.

That's 3.

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