Penny the penguin in a purple scarf waving beside a 10-frame showing 7 red counters, under the title Penny's Frames: Meet the 10-Frame

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Penny's Frames: Meet the 10-Frame

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Addition & SubtractionCountingCardinalityKindergarten2 preview imagesAdded Oct 2026

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Kindergarten math with Penny the penguin: meet the 10-frame. See that two 5-frames put together make a 10-frame and that a full one holds 10, like two hands. Build numbers on two 5-frames and on a 10-frame from finger pictures, filling the top row first, count collections of 13 pebbles and 18 fish, and tell how many squares are empty. Every direction is read aloud, with spoken hints.

What's included

  • 12 narrated activities with spoken hints
  • Counter builds on two 5-frames and a 10-frame, each with a Done step
  • Two counting collections up to 20

Learning objectives

  • See that two 5-frames put together make a 10-frame, and that a full 10-frame holds 10, like two hands.
  • Show the number of fingers in a picture with counters on a 10-frame, filling the top row first.
  • Count collections of up to 20 objects to find how many.
  • Tell how many squares of a 10-frame are empty.

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