Friday, December 1, 2017

Black Dots~ Subitizing

Have you heard of subitizing?
Studies have shown that when children practice subitizing a group of objects without numbers, that it helps develop a good number sense for a solid foundation in Mathematics.
Go ahead and try it! It's a lot of FUN!
Show your child(ren) a card of black dots for about 3 seconds before hiding it. Ask them how many dots there were and how they knew so quickly. Your child(ren) can write the numeral on a dry erase board to make this exercise even more fluid and enjoyable.
Here's an idea of what subitizing is like:



I have included favorite black dot patterns at the end of this post from Get2MathK-5 that you can download and print. The following links are also great resources!

Dot Pattern Cards for numbers 1-9 found on Sparklebox.com.

Find a variety of dot resources on TeachMath.
















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