Comparing with signs
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Count the steps up to your door, or 15 things in your room, going forward. Then count backward from 15 to 0.
The child counts forward to 15 and backward to 0 without skipping.
2
A grown-up writes 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and covers one number. Say which number is hidden. Do it three times with different numbers.
The child names the hidden number each time, using the numbers on both sides.
3
Write these in your notebook and put the right sign in each blank: 8 __ 13, 12 __ 5, 9 __ 9.
8 < 13, 12 > 5, 9 = 9.
4
Draw 11 circles and 14 circles. Which sign goes between 11 and 14?
11 < 14, because eleven is less than fourteen.
5
Tell a family member two numbers and ask: which is greater? Then say the sentence with the word greater than or less than.
Any correct pair and sentence, such as fifteen is greater than ten.