Kindergarten Counting and place value: Free Course

About this course

Counting becomes more useful when children connect a spoken number, a written numeral and a group of objects. This kindergarten course develops that connection alongside comparison and early place value. Study the complete public source playlist from Khan Academy in English, with all 12 recordings in the on-site classroom. Original lesson titles, source order and repeated entries are preserved.

Course at a glance

What you’ll learn

• Count objects and connect quantities with numerals.
• Continue number sequences and find missing numbers.
• Compare small groups and number-line positions.
• Represent teen numbers as ten and some more.

Skills you’ll gain

• Counting
• Number comparison
• Number patterns
• Early place value

Course Overview

Picture-based recordings count objects, sort by category and compare groups. Number grids and missing-number examples extend counting patterns beyond a single collection. Teen-number lessons represent a quantity as ten and some more, preparing for later place-value work. Number-line comparisons provide another way to reason about which quantity is greater. The source includes examples spanning small counts and a grid reaching 120; learners can pause at a range appropriate to their current understanding. The purpose is to connect representations, so adults can ask children to show, say and write the same quantity rather than rely only on reciting a sequence.

How to study the course

• Videos 1–3: this part of the source list includes “Missing numbers between 0 and 120” through “Counting dogs, mice, and cookies”. State the quantities and conditions before calculating. Keep a brief working note, revisit an unclear explanation and test one example before moving to another part of the material.
• Videos 4–6: this part of the source list includes “Counting whales, sheep, and flowers” through “Count by category”. Keep equivalent expressions or representations connected. Keep a brief working note, revisit an unclear explanation and test one example before moving to another part of the material.
• Videos 7–9: this part of the source list includes “Comparing numbers of objects” through “Teens as sums with 10”. Check each operation with a small example before extending it. Keep a brief working note, revisit an unclear explanation and test one example before moving to another part of the material.
• Videos 10–12: this part of the source list includes “Comparing small numbers on the number line” through “Monkeys for a party”. Explain a result in words as well as symbols. Keep a brief working note, revisit an unclear explanation and test one example before moving to another part of the material.

Who is this for?

This course suits students, returning learners and anyone strengthening the specific mathematics named in the course. It also provides a recorded reference for revisiting a topic after an earlier lesson or study attempt. Choose examples appropriate to your background and allow time to work through the method instead of judging understanding only by how familiar the terminology sounds.

Before you start

Comfort with the preceding arithmetic or algebra skills is useful. Keep paper, a pencil and a calculator when a lesson uses one. Grade-specific courses assume the learner’s earlier grade-level knowledge.

Put the lessons into practice

Arrange a small set of safe objects, count each once and write the total. Rearrange the objects and check that the number is unchanged. Build a teen quantity as a group of ten plus extras. Compare two groups and explain the comparison by matching objects or using a number line.

This optional study activity is provided by WikiFree for independent practice. Keep your working notes and use the relevant classroom recording to check a step, definition or interpretation. It is not an instructor-marked assignment.

Certificate / Assessment

Watching the public videos and using WikiFree completion tracking does not award a certificate, academic credit, an examination voucher or instructor assessment. Use your practice output to review what you can explain and repeat independently. The recorded lessons provide study material; completion tracking records your progress through that material.

Frequently asked questions

Provider: Khan Academy. Videos play from the Khan Academy channel on YouTube.