Numbers 1 to 10 and Beads

Whether you use it as part of the full unit or as a standalone activity, it will help your students connect numbers with real understanding.🔗 Get the resource here:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Numbers-1-to-10-and-Beads-11460413

This Numbers 1–10 Beads activity is an extension resource designed to enrich your Numbers Unit for Kindergarten English Language Learners. It is included in the complete unit, but it can also be used as a standalone resource for additional practice, review, or assessment.

Let’s start with the visual aids such as the numbers flashcards as a review. Using flashcards as a warm-up helps students feel confident and prepared, especially when transitioning into more interactive activities.

Counting beads flashcards

This activity adds a hands-on, tactile element to number learning.Use these to count aloud and practice the colors as well. 

Teacher: Let’s count!
Students: one, two, three!
Teacher: There are three beads! What color are they?
Students: blue, purple, pink!

Have the students say the color sequence in the flashcards.

HANDS-ON MANIPULATIVES

Utilize hands-on manipulatives like counting beads if you have them, wiggly eyes or bottle caps. ELLs can physically manipulate these objects while counting, and matching to the numbers on each card reinforcing the connection between numbers and quantity. Use this activity for any math assessment.

lunch bag counting activity

Use repetition to reinforce understanding by using all the cards illustrations to glue onto a brown lunch bag to do more counting. I used pompoms for this interactive tool.

numbers 1 to 10 mats

Provide additional support for students by playing with these number mats for many games. There are three, one with the beads, one with number words and another with the numeral. One mat will be board and the other can be cut and used as cards to match.

Here’s my example: Match the number word to the beads on the mat.

Or match the numerals to the number words.

Or just cut them all and have cards to match.

Take a look!

A set of printable Kindergarten Math worksheets to wrap it up.

Students will color the beads as in the card to make a pattern for each number.

Teacher: five! Number five is red!

Trace the number and the word in red.

Let's color the beads: blue, purple, pink, yellow,red.

This post shows how to use counting books to support your Numbers Unit, go to the blog post: 

https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2025/05/counting-books-for-kindergarten-ells.html

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