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When do you use Skip Counting?

Talk about skip counting in the real world.

From the lens Skip Count, Skip Count, Count by Two's.

Counting Poems
Counting Poems Flip Chart



If you think about it there are many times in your daily lives that you use Skip Counting or multiplication. That's the time to teach your child about it. Whenever you notice yourself skip counting talk about it with your child. Do you skip count when counting change? Do you skip count when reading a clock?

So keep on Skip Counting...

  • Millionairemomma May 27, 2012 @ 12:51 am | delete
    Oh, wow, fascinating. I'll teach my child at the same time I'm doing this.
  • nightbear Apr 20, 2012 @ 9:19 pm | delete
    "high five" I love the wonderful way you have of teaching the children. Your pages are always so beautiful and filled with color and learn-able lessons. blessed as well.
  • srsddn Apr 19, 2012 @ 10:57 pm | delete
    Great lens! You have made it quite interesting by adding songs, games and poems. I enjoyed going through.
  • YayasHome Apr 1, 2012 @ 11:00 pm | delete
    Skip counting is very useful in many circumstances. I find that I regularly skip count using the numbers 13 and 15 in the grocery story whenever I am on a budget. Your pages are always so much fun.

    Thank you so much for visiting I, Yaya's Home, Thank You an' sprinkling Angel Dust on it. I so appreciate it.
  • magdayoung94 Mar 30, 2012 @ 7:53 am | delete
    very informative! this reminded of the sesame's street counting 1 to 4 that i always sing to my daughter. Nice lens btw. (liked!)
  • brynimagire Mar 24, 2012 @ 10:32 am | delete
    Great source of information ! Thanks.
  • Pangionedevelopers Feb 18, 2012 @ 7:37 pm | delete
    great info source
  • theCNAtraining Feb 17, 2012 @ 3:51 pm | delete
    skip counting is important and vital for children learning how to multiply and devide! I never thought about it this way although we can even make games from this to help our children grow and learn! great lens!
  • bluewren56 Feb 11, 2012 @ 9:34 pm | delete
    So much for children to learn, it should be fun. You've got some great ideas here. I'm looking forward to using some with my grandson. Never too young to start. Great lens.
  • mommafox Feb 10, 2012 @ 2:54 pm | delete
    Thanks for all the ideas! I've got a 3rd grader who needs to get these down to make math easier. She's got the twos, threes, fives, and tens down. I've been trying to come up with some ideas on how to get her to memorize the other numbers.
  • lestroischenes Feb 9, 2012 @ 4:51 am | delete
    What a mammoth lens. I suppose skip counting is the same as times tables. Wonderful learning resource.
  • oceansky Feb 9, 2012 @ 2:42 am | delete
    A wonderful lens. Great job. You have been blessed.
  • malzeke Feb 8, 2012 @ 2:39 pm | delete
    Wonderful lens!
  • jimmyworldstar Feb 4, 2012 @ 11:14 pm | delete
    I can skip count up to a certain amount, courtesy of the multiplication table.
  • antoniow Jan 16, 2012 @ 10:44 am | delete
    nice lens! Interesting reading thanks for sharing !
  • Tolovaj Dec 26, 2011 @ 12:41 pm | delete
    I would love to skip counting money by thousands, millions, zillions... Amazing lens, thumbs up!
  • jadehorseshoe Dec 24, 2011 @ 9:23 pm | delete
    Return Visitor. Useful Lens.
  • 829917 Apr 19, 2012 @ 4:56 pm | delete
    great i will teatch this
  • baby-strollers Dec 12, 2011 @ 5:49 pm | delete
    I use it all the time of course. I am just teaching my 6 year old all about it!
  • RobinDM Dec 8, 2011 @ 7:44 am | delete
    Great ideas! With my Darling I may need every one! ;-) Thanks so much.
  • pianolessongirl Dec 6, 2011 @ 1:41 pm | delete
    Wow, great lesson! Thanks for this lens!
  • Joie Nov 23, 2011 @ 3:56 am | delete
    What an excellent lesson! Thank you!
  • HSSchulte Nov 6, 2011 @ 1:10 am | delete
    We are going to be working on skip counting soon. Thanks so much for all the wonderful ideas.
  • BestToysReviews Nov 4, 2011 @ 10:13 am | delete
    My son is in kindergarten. He's pretty good in counting but I've never thought about teaching him skip count. Great lens :)
  • wolfie10 Oct 23, 2011 @ 11:50 pm | delete
    some very good ideas to learn on how to count. numbers can be so much fun. awesome lens.
  • StacyBirch Oct 8, 2011 @ 10:52 pm | delete
    Thanks for the math class, nice lens.
  • jksterling Oct 5, 2011 @ 10:34 pm | delete
    Wow! thanks for this great lens.
  • andreaberrios Oct 1, 2011 @ 8:00 pm | delete
    Very nice lens!! This is great!
  • NaturalVamp Sep 30, 2011 @ 3:07 am | delete
    This was an interesting lens dahling. I did not do so well as expected. Maybe if I was younger!
  • CarlosOA Sep 28, 2011 @ 3:02 am | delete
    Love the idea of skip counting using a flipchart pad. Kids would love its size and to turn the pages! Colourful and interesting flipcharts and flipchart easels can be a great edition to any play room or class room. Great lens!
  • CarlosOA Sep 28, 2011 @ 3:02 am | delete
    Love the idea of skip counting using a flipchart pad. Kids would love its size and to turn the pages! Colourful and interesting flipcharts and flipchart easels can be a great edition to any play room or class room. Great lens!
  • BillSimmons Sep 27, 2011 @ 6:33 pm | delete
    Great lens!
  • TheHealthCabin Sep 25, 2011 @ 5:45 pm | delete
    Great Lens! Its Huge!
  • TheGourmetCoffeeGuy Sep 24, 2011 @ 1:33 pm | delete
    Very informative lens. Reminded me of many math learning exercises from elementary school and at home - fortunate to have had great teachers at home and in the classroom.
    Enjoyed your lens, well done! Thank you for sharing.
  • studyaids Sep 24, 2011 @ 12:37 pm | delete
    A truly wonderful and interesting lens. Thanks
  • adamfrench Sep 20, 2011 @ 3:06 pm | delete
    great lens, thumbs up, this is going to be very useful for my young son
  • grifith Aug 17, 2011 @ 11:42 am | delete
    Such a Great Lens
  • taliasmith23 Aug 4, 2011 @ 10:32 am | delete
    very cute..and informative
  • mumsgather Jul 5, 2011 @ 6:59 am | delete
    What an amazing lens you have here. So much info on skip counting. Very interesting indeed. I must learn some of the techniques to teach my kids. :)
  • JoshK47 Jun 30, 2011 @ 10:16 am | delete
    Great concept - this is basically how I learned my multiplication tables as well. :)
  • Natural_Skin_Care Jun 30, 2011 @ 1:40 am | delete
    Two of my favorite activities as a child - skipping and counting.
  • WorldVisionary Jun 6, 2011 @ 10:46 pm | delete
    What amazing ideas for skip counting. My youngest daughter is just at the right place for these tips. Thumbs up and an Angel blessing for you!
  • efriedman Jun 1, 2011 @ 12:35 pm | delete
    Lots of great ideas for getting young children active and thinking about math.
  • efriedman Jun 1, 2011 @ 12:35 pm | delete
    Lots of great ideas for getting young children active and thinking about math.
  • OrganicMom247 May 20, 2011 @ 7:56 pm | delete
    Very educational and fun lens. Even kids would enjoy reading your lens.
  • akumar46 May 6, 2011 @ 6:00 am | delete
    Its great to see such a nice and informative lens.Thanks.
  • lasertek May 5, 2011 @ 10:22 am | delete
    really informative lens about skip counting, kudos!
  • rossarianebautista Apr 25, 2011 @ 4:15 pm | delete
    kids should read this lens. :)
  • sushilkin Apr 21, 2011 @ 11:05 am | delete
    Such a nice lens. Thanks for Sharing !!
  • TheRatRaceRebel Apr 12, 2011 @ 11:08 am | delete
    I remember learning to skip count as a kid with some of these songs. What a fun lens it really brings back some great memories for me. Thought my homeschooled daughter is well beyond the skip counting stage I'll be sending her here for some lens building tips ;)
  • Philippians468 Mar 29, 2011 @ 8:59 am | delete
    i love to use it as a game! when the children arrive at a certain number that is a multiple of that number, they must not speak it out! thank you for this delightful lens! cheers
  • SpellOutloud Mar 28, 2011 @ 9:47 pm | delete
    This is jam-packed with great info.! Good job! Congrats. on the purple star!
  • moonlitta Feb 28, 2011 @ 1:51 pm | delete
    One of my favorite lensmasters has made another great lens! Congratulations on the Purple star-given for a good reason!
  • pacrapacma Feb 28, 2011 @ 6:42 am | delete
    Nice job! You have enough resources and ideas to keep a teacher busy all year.
  • Kathryn002 Feb 25, 2011 @ 3:50 pm | delete
    What a fantastically detailed lens! Incredible the time and effort you must have put into this.
  • goses Feb 14, 2011 @ 9:06 am | delete
    Great lens,This is entertaining way to learn,Thanks for sharing.TASKey.com
  • prosperity66 Feb 9, 2011 @ 1:13 am | delete
    As far as I remember I've always used skip counting and always counted by two... Why? Don't know. I think it's related to the staircases that I always took up or down (and often fell from) by two.
  • GonnaFly Feb 7, 2011 @ 2:48 pm | delete
    What a fabulous resource you have put together here. This lens has been blessed by the maths angel and added to my best maths resources lens.
  • fadibody Jan 29, 2011 @ 4:35 am | delete
    Definitely, you do have a great lens!Nice article.
    buckhead personal trainer
  • CruiseReady Jan 27, 2011 @ 7:22 am | delete
    What an incredible lens! There are so many things here that I never even thought about... thanks for all work!
    (lensrolling to my Masterpiece Magnets lens)
  • The_Health_Lady Jan 16, 2011 @ 8:40 am | delete
    Most of the counting games that we use to play were when we were jumping rope. Wish I could remember most of them - I remember that we use to laugh every time we played.
  • Evelyn_Saenz Jan 16, 2011 @ 7:19 pm | delete
    You can probably find all those old familiar jump rope rhymes in a book called Anna Banana.
  • Pastiche Jan 15, 2011 @ 1:23 pm | delete
    I loved skip counting math exercises as a child ... you've got so many great ways to teach and learn here ... another welcome purple star lens added to Purple Star Pastiche plexo. Congrats and thanks for suggesting this wonderful educational fun lens for the list.
  • scar4 Jan 12, 2011 @ 1:07 am | delete
    Why there is not such funny game when I was a child? Unfair!
  • windygig Jan 9, 2011 @ 9:10 am | delete
    This makes me skip! I especially appreciate the integration of movement into the learning.
    Great lens.
  • LizMac60 Jan 5, 2011 @ 9:09 pm | delete
    Always love your great teaching lenses. Blessed by a squid angel.
  • Evelyn_Saenz Jan 16, 2011 @ 7:20 pm | delete
    Thank you, SquidAngel!
  • raosrinivas Dec 25, 2010 @ 6:30 am | delete
    It's a nice way of learning for children, once child starts learning in playful way definitely it would be more creative and more memorable. Thank you for sharing.
  • SofiaMann Dec 14, 2010 @ 3:34 pm | delete
    An entertaining way to learn. Very Good.
  • poutine Dec 14, 2010 @ 11:48 am | delete
    You do wonderful lenses.
  • poutine Dec 14, 2010 @ 11:48 am | delete
    You do wonderful lenses.
  • Mart903 Oct 7, 2010 @ 12:57 am | delete
    This is such a wonderful and creative educational lens with lots of great content and images so beautifully displayed. Congratulations, Evelyn!
  • Irenemaria Oct 6, 2010 @ 2:42 pm | delete
    My goodness such work you have done! I love the lens a lot but could not find the worm=(
  • Peggy707 Aug 13, 2010 @ 8:53 pm | delete
    Neat lens.
  • WeddingZazzle Aug 6, 2010 @ 11:51 am | delete
    Blessed by a SquidAngel :)
  • Babitah Jan 25, 2010 @ 9:14 pm | delete
    Great Topic..very interesting lens....
  • LifeToDust Dec 1, 2009 @ 4:10 pm | delete
    wow this in an awesome lens it must of taking a lifetime to build, Great Work!!
  • Evelyn_Saenz Dec 1, 2009 @ 4:38 pm | delete
    Teaching ideas come from years of working with children, searching for creative ideas and a love of learning. Thank you so much for visiting. Count me as one of your fans as well.
  • JoyfulPamela Oct 12, 2009 @ 1:24 pm | delete
    Hi Evelyn ~ I love the ideas you have, they will help Ben tremendously! Thank you! :)
    Pamela
  • Evelyn_Saenz Aug 31, 2009 @ 5:47 pm | in reply to alteredkat | delete
    I am so glad that you found some fun activities here. Please pass this link on to other parents or teachers.
  • alteredkat Aug 31, 2009 @ 2:46 pm | delete
    Great 5* lens! Using this to help my 7 year old who needs to practice his 2's to 100.
  • Jun 8, 2009 @ 5:46 am | delete
    I love these resources! I love the whole premis of squidoo, d'you know how much time it saves me not having to track down activities and such from all over the web!
    Thanks for another great Lens!
  • CreativeArtist May 15, 2009 @ 1:44 pm | delete
    Another great lens by an A Teacher on Squidoo!
  • Donnette Apr 21, 2009 @ 1:53 pm | delete
    Favourited, rated 5* & Lensrolled to http://www.squidoo.com/st-aiden-s-homeschool

    Best wishes
  • poutine Apr 14, 2009 @ 3:18 pm | delete
    I almost wish I were a kid again so I can do those counting games.
  • tandemonimom Apr 11, 2009 @ 11:15 pm | delete
    5***** and welcome! This lens is now a featured lens on the newly redesigned Homeschooling Group!
  • Dr_Rozno Apr 10, 2009 @ 12:25 am | delete
    Great timing. I'm going to use it with my grand son. Thanks for a great lens!
  • sorana Apr 9, 2009 @ 7:09 pm | delete
    Evelyn this is a fantastic lens. I can see your passion for teaching Mathematics. You have a 5* from me.
  • dc64 Mar 13, 2009 @ 4:02 pm | delete
    Wow! I'm blown away, and this is what I need since I'm home-schooling my 6 year old son. It's so great to see so much info in one place instead of having to scour the internet for tidbits!
  • Jimmie Mar 10, 2009 @ 8:58 pm | delete
    Welcome to Teaching and Learning Math!
  • OhMe Mar 1, 2009 @ 6:43 am | delete
    Another great one. This is such a wonderful resource for teachers.
  • SammySpam Feb 19, 2009 @ 7:07 am | delete
    This lens was very insightful, thankyou for the great collection of knowledge.
  • groovyoldlady Feb 16, 2009 @ 6:30 am | delete
    Good Heavens...I think this is your most thorough lens to date! Our math curriculum uses skip counting extensively to teach multiplication. So I'm going to give you a cheer:

    2-4-6-8 Who do we appreciate? Evelyn! Woot!
  • BusyQueen Feb 12, 2009 @ 2:07 pm | delete
    Thanks for sharing your knowledge. It's well done. 5 *****'s
  • ImproveMeU Feb 10, 2009 @ 10:04 am | delete
    Thanks for the cute lens, VERY creative. 5 star and a fav from me. Have a great day
  • ImproveMeU Feb 10, 2009 @ 10:04 am | delete
    Thanks for the cute lens, VERY creative. 5 star and a fav from me. Have a great day
  • Smartshops Feb 8, 2009 @ 10:01 am | delete
    Great lens with lots of information! 5*s from your friends at Smartshops!
  • chefkeem Feb 4, 2009 @ 3:05 pm | delete
    Wonderful learning and teaching lens, Evelyn! 5*s and a SquidAngel Blessing. :)
  • chefkeem Feb 4, 2009 @ 3:05 pm | delete
    Wonderful learning and teaching lens, Evelyn! 5*s and a SquidAngel Blessing. :)
  • Snozzle Feb 2, 2009 @ 11:18 am | delete
    Fascinating lens. I never thought of Skip Counting as being multiplication before. I agree that learning has to be fun and that's how I taught my children. It's so important that they get a good start to the learning process. They're all grown up now - happy days!
    Mike.
  • MariaD Feb 1, 2009 @ 4:42 pm | delete
    The John Holt's activity I mentioned went as following. You use graph paper (of course - always use graph paper for math) and cut a thin strip. Put your counting or skip-counting numbers in it. Tape next strips as needed. Try to predict - how long will your strip need to be to get off the table? To reach all the way to the floor? Across the room? Will 1000 be enough? Etc. It's very fascinating, even hypnotic when you write those numbers and grow your strip longer and longer... and longer! Some kids want to skip more and more, say, skipping by fives, then by tens, then by twenties, so it's a natural lead into skip counting. Some want to fill in every cell meticulously. This activity is great for number sense.

    Thanks for your lens - I just emailed it to a math loop where people asked about skip counting! Rock on!
  • EverythingMouse Jan 10, 2009 @ 11:09 pm | delete
    As always an excellent lens. I try and relate real life to my children with all teaching as I find it helps them to know that there is a purpose behind all learning rather than just learning something 'because you have to'. Skip counting is one of those things that I think people use all the time as second nature.
  • lisadh Jan 4, 2009 @ 2:43 pm | delete
    Very helpful for my second grader! Thanks!
  • Shelly Jan 2, 2009 @ 8:56 pm | delete
    What great ideas! I volunteer with a 2nd grade class that could benefit from this. I'm Tipi's sister and Squidooed over from a guest book you signed. Thank you!
  • Evelyn_Saenz Jan 1, 2009 @ 1:18 pm | in reply to Eloise | delete
    Thank you so much, Eloise, I love your site as well. Children need fun, imaginative activities to develop creative minds.
  • Eloise Dec 31, 2008 @ 6:53 am | delete
    Hi Evelyn

    This is a wonderful lens- I can fully appreciate all the work that went into it! You are welcome to link to my website. I did mail you when I got your first e-mail- somehow my e-mails aren't going through!

    Blessings
    Eloise
    www.fun-learning-activities-for-children.com
  • nightbear Dec 18, 2008 @ 1:53 am | delete
    I am sure I would have loved learning from you. Very imaginative and fun. Great lens.
  • AndyPo Dec 17, 2008 @ 11:10 am | delete
    Excellent, very detailed lens
  • Rewards4life Dec 17, 2008 @ 10:35 am | delete
    Very nice lens. Bookmarked for future reference! 5*
  • ArtByLinda Dec 17, 2008 @ 10:13 am | delete
    This is such a wonderful learning lens as always, you should post it in a teachers lounge for all to utilize. Fun stuff!
  • debnet Dec 17, 2008 @ 10:09 am | delete
    Wow this took you a long time to put together! When do you get time to teach? :)
  • Mayflowerblood Dec 17, 2008 @ 7:57 am | delete
    Very informative and illustrative lens!
  • eclecticeducation Dec 12, 2008 @ 4:16 pm | delete
    This is great! I'll have to use this when we get to skip counting later this year!!! 5* and adding to favorites!
  • eclecticeducation Dec 12, 2008 @ 4:16 pm | delete
    This is great! I'll have to use this when we get to skip counting later this year!!! 5* and adding to favorites!
  • alteredkat Nov 19, 2008 @ 6:55 am | delete
    I'll be coming back to this lens often...my wee ones in school are learning this!
    Thanks!...very informative & helpful!
    You recently visited my lens...thank-you for your comments!
    I appreciate them!
  • LilliputStation Nov 6, 2008 @ 9:12 am | delete
    Stop by the Lilliput Station Online Christmas Party and download our "goodie bag" which contains a brand new set of skip counting drill sheets!

    I love the idea of skip counting with cheaper by the dozen. I have seven kids and I did something similar with my four year old a few days ago. I was passing out potato chips and my daughter started counting them as I put them down (it has to be even, you know), so we turned it into a counting exercise and learned to count by sevens.
  • CherylK Oct 25, 2008 @ 1:13 pm | delete
    This is just wonderful, Evelyn and I am forwarding it to a young schoolteacher I know. She'll love it! Five stars.
  • LilliputStation Oct 16, 2008 @ 8:48 pm | delete
    LilliputStation
    Evelyn, I have a free set of skip counting drill sheets. You can find the link to them on my Lilliput Station lens. (Scroll to the bottom.)

    http://www.squidoo.com/LilliputStation

    I also have pictures of my skip counting lapbook on there.
  • tandemonimom Sep 28, 2008 @ 7:05 pm | delete
    After we learned skip counting, to make the transition to understanding multiplication, I would say "two, four times, is eight" instead of "2x4 is 8." It really helped them understand WHAT "times" meant. Great lens, thanks for all the resources! 5*
  • groovyoldlady Sep 19, 2008 @ 2:43 pm | delete
    I use skip counting when I'm divvying up piles of Skittles or M&Ms for my kiddos. :D
  • spirituality Sep 15, 2008 @ 5:05 am | delete
    Another great lens :) *****
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Sep 6, 2008 @ 4:22 pm | delete
    You must be a great teacher! I hope you have lots of student teachers who watch you.

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  • mulberry Aug 28, 2008 @ 5:47 pm | delete
    You always have so many great activity ideas!

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