Bridges Kindergarten

Math Content

The following content strands are featured in Bridges Kindergarten lessons and are spiraled throughout the curriculum:

  • Shapes
  • Sorting & Patterning
  • Counting and related skills
  • Early Computation

Measurement, probability and statistics are also explored but do not play as significant a role as those noted above.

What They're Saying

Bridges really helped me pull all of the pieces together in terms of content, delivery, and motivation. My students really excel in math and I owe much of that to this curriculum.
- Kindergarten Teacher and Presidential Award Winner, Roseburg, OR   

See also: Grades K-2 Competencies and Experiences »
and Bridges Kindergarten Scope and Sequence »

The Year in Kindergarten

Students begin their year sorting, graphing, and naming shapes. The first five of 35 Work Places (workstation activities) provide time for exploration with Unifix® cubes, pattern blocks, polydrons, geoboards, and plastic bugs. The study of bugs can be extended into all areas of the curriculum in the first of three integrated themes.

A few days into the year children are introduced to computer software which they use to manipulate shapes, create quilt blocks, and solve picture puzzles. In addition, the first of 26 homework assignments goes home to families. Skills practice continues with Number Corner calendar routines such as Our Month in School and Here's When We Were Born.

Later in the year, students create and assemble the ladybug 2's chart and measure the length of their "frog" jumps. Work Places progress to activities like Count & Compare Pennies and Race You to 30¢. Number Corner calendar routines include the Bean Clock and the Kid Count. Children celebrate the 100th day of school by solving a mystery and making a crown.

The Getting Started guide includes five individual assessment interviews designed to be used throughout the Kindergarten year.