Building number sense in kindergarten is critical to helping students build a solid math foundation so that they can learn more complex concepts. One of the areas of number sense that is important to focus on is subitizing. Subitizing is the ability to see an amount and "just know" how many that is without needing to count each one individually. We do this with dice where we can just look at it quickly and know how many it is without having to count each dot.
There are lots of ways to practice subitizing, but I've got a fun way to do it with a color by number sheet. This freebie has a winter theme so it makes it perfect to use mid year to practice those subitizing skills.
When doing a color by code sheet, the first thing I like to do (and have my daughters and students do) is color the key at the top so that at a glance they can see what number goes with which color. For these coloring sheets, you will just need the colors found in a typical box of crayons.
Then I like to go by color. I pick a color and then search all around the picture for a representation of that number and color it the assigned color. Because this is subitizing practice, students should be able to just look at the pictures and determine the number. However, students that aren't quite there yet can still complete this activity by counting the items in the pictures.
You could also just go section by section on the picture, determine the number, find the matching color and color it in. Continue this until the entire picture is colored.
These subitizing color by number sheets could be used as a math center, extra practice with a small group, sent home as extra practice, or even done as a whole group activity.
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