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Counting on the Train

Students practice counting on the train. At first, students can count the blocks one at a time (one, two, three, four, etc.). The teacher should help children recognize the rhythm of the count (one, two, three, ..., eight, nine, TEN, eleven, twelve, ..., eighteen, nineteen, TWENTY, twenty-one, ... twenty-nine, THIRTY, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four). The goal is that the students will eventually be able to count the full train cars by tens, and then the blocks left over in the last car by ones. This is truly counting by tens with understanding!

	The first step is to make a train for the students to count. We’ll make a train of 34.
	The train is a great tool to help students learn how to count. It allows counting one-by-one.
	At the same time, the train draws attention to the organization of numbers in tens.
	With the help of the train, students discover counting by tens!

Educators can help students discover counting by tens by emphasizing the rhythm of the count. Students often struggle switching from the rhythm of counting by tens to counting by ones. This is very important to practice. The train helps clarify this issue.