Skip Counting

Sometimes students have a tough time learning to skip count.  If you incorporate it into your daily routine you can help make it a piece of cake!  As soon as your child learns their numbers well start to shake it up a bit.  Here are some ideas.  If you want your child to wait a little while before they move on to the next activity, instead of having them count to 30 or 100 have them skip count.  Tell them to count by 10's, 5's, 2's or 3's to a certain number.  (Teaching them in that order seems to work best.)  When playing games like Hide and Seek, have them try skip counting instead of the traditional counting.  The more practice they have in their everyday lives the more successful they will be.  This is an easy way for them to memorize without feeling like they have to!  Side note: Skip counting will help them with multiplication later!  :)