Where can you find things that could be skip counted?

This picture shows things that could be skip counted.

What could you skip count in this image? How would you do it?

Where can you find things that could be skip counted in your world?

You can take a picture, make a sketch, or bring objects to show. Bring back at least one example of something that could be skip counted.

Off You Go!

For Teachers

Grades

2, 3, 4, 5, 6+

Extend

After the class has discussed the questions above, you can extend this activity by posing the following questions:

How could you use skip counting to figure out how many there are?

What different ways of skip counting are possible with the objects you found?