Kindergarten Grade1 Math Activity - Learn Zero Through Real Time Example

Math Lab Activity: Concepts of Zero

Objective

Children will learn the concept of Zero.This will play a major role in the math manipulation like addition,subtraction,multiplication and division.

Activity - I

To the teacher:

To teach the concept of zero, make children work in pairs.

They can work with concrete objects like building blocks kept one over the other or a board with counters.(Should not more than five).

Let the children take away block/counters one at a time and say how many are left till they are left with zero.

Real Time Example:

Group of 3 childrens are travelling in the school bus and children are getting down one by one when they reached their home.

driver and children

driver and children

driver and child

driver and children

Now, the bus is empty.There are people in the bus.