Snr KG Math Syllabus Breakdown

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1 o Big and small o Provide practice in pre-math concepts
o Long and short using real life objects.
o Tall and short o Provide few big and small objects and
o Big, bigger and biggest ask the child to sort them out by size.
o Long, longer and o Ask the child to name few small-big
longest objects.
o Tall, taller and tallest o To explain long-short , take two strings
o More and less of thread and ask the child to identify
short long strings.
o Talk about the different things that are
long and short that are in the
surroundings.
o Compare three things to demonstrate
big –bigger – biggest , tall-taller tallest
and long-longer-longest.
o Take two sets of objects and let the
child visually estimate which has more
objects and which has less objects.
2 o Groups o Point to objects and ask children to
o Sorting measure size/length.
o Left and right o Then give them certain criteria to group
them.
o In a tray put similar objects and ask the
child to sort.
3 o Zero ‘0’ o Explain zero means nothing

4 o Equal to ‘=‘ o Introduce the concept of equal to with

symbol.
o Place equal number of objects in two
groups to compare.
o To explain further arrange different
items on the tray such as buttons or
spoons in some order.
o Ask the child to look away then change
the order..
o Ask him/her to count if the number is
same or different.
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5 o Count and Write o Let the child count and write the
o Count and Match correct numeral..
o Provide practice with real life objects.

6 o Numbers 1-20 o Sing the number rhymes along with

o Numbers till 50 the children such as one little, two
o Numbers 51 – 100 little…indicating numbers on your
o Number names fingers as you sing.
o Make a chart of numbers from 1 –
100
o Read out the numbers daily and ask
the child to repeat.
o Make him/her write in the notebook.
o Let children write out numbers from
1-20, along with number names.
o Create separate flash cards for
numbers and number names from 1-
20. Ask the child to match the
number card with same number
name card.
7 o Before After o Demonstrate the position before and
Between after by making the children stand in
a line.
o Use number scale when explaining
the concept.
8 o Big and small o When comparing two numbers big
number number have more quantity of
objects compared to lesser number.
o Ask them to compare the numbers by
thinking of the quantity.
9 o Greater than less o Demonstrate greater than less than
than using a crocodile story who is always
greedy and wants to eat more in
number.

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10 o Shapes o Encourage children to observe the

o Patterns shapes around them.
o Encourage them to make shapes
using toothpicks and ice cream
sticks.
o Motivate children to observe
patterns in real life such as day-
night, seasons and so on.
11 o Backward counting o Use number chart and ask the child
to read numbers in reverse order.
o Make them write in their notebook.
o Motivate the child to think of a
situation where you need to count
backward for example the number of
days before the picnic day.
12 o Counting in 2’s o Skip counting is the pre-cursor to
o Counting in 3’s multiplication .
o Counting in 5’s o Use real life objects to count in pairs
of 2s, for example pairs of shoes.

13 o Count and add o Use concrete objects to introduce

o Draw, add and write the concept of addition.
o Count and Write o Move on to simple addition on
o Addition fingers.
o Reinforce the concept of adding zero.
14 o Cross and subtract o Use concrete objects to introduce
o Subtraction the concept of subtraction.
o Move on to simple subtraction on
fingers.
o Reinforce the concept of subtracting
zero.

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15 o Tens ones o Take a bundle of 10 objects such as
pencils or ice-cream sticks. . Go on
adding 1 more each time to
explain number 11, 12 and so on.
o Explain there are 2 set of bundles
(with 10 pencils or ice-cream sticks
in each bundle )in 20, and like wise
for 30 40 and so on.
o Make them write numbers in tens
and ones place values columns in
their note book.
16 o Money o Talk about money that we need to
o Time buy anything when we go to
supermarket.
o Show them the notes and coins we
use.
o Talk about the time children wake
up, come to school and remain
there.
o Discuss broadly about time sense –
hour, days, week, month and year.

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