If you’ve been trying to help your students see numbers and groups instead of count them, this Number Sense Builders: Subitizing to 10 resource will make your small groups (and your life!) a whole lot easier.

This hands-on set is packed with number sense and subitizing activities that help students quickly recognize quantities, explain how they saw it, and build strong visual number understanding. You’ll strengthen both perceptual subitizing (instantly recognizing small sets) and conceptual subitizing (seeing groups within groups) — all through engaging, easy-to-prep math lessons and centers.

Each lesson is quick (10-15 minutes), intentional, and research-based — perfect for morning warm-ups, mini-lessons, or small group math time. Your students will love these subitizing task cards, 5-frame and 10-frame mats, and dot cards that make number sense stick!

✨ What’s Inside Number Sense Builders: Subitizing to 10
✅ 11 complete, scaffolded lessons that build in complexity
✅ Whole group and small group plans with exact teacher prompts
✅ Printable subitizing cards, 5-frames, 10-frames, finger pattern cards, and dice patterns
✅ “How Did You See It?” talk stems poster + mini version for small groups
✅ 4 engaging number sense and subitizing centers for independent practice
✅ Built-in quick checks and formative assessment ideas

🎯 Skills Covered
Subitizing numbers to 10 (perceptual + conceptual)
Building number sense through visual patterns
Representing numbers in multiple ways (dots, fingers, frames, dice)
Developing part-part-whole thinking
Counting and comparing small quantities
Anchoring to 5 and 10 for flexible thinking

🧠 Why Teachers Love It
No fluff, no over-prep — just subitizing and number sense activities that actually work.

Print once, teach all year, and help your students start to see numbers instead of count every dot.

This resource blends hands-on math centers, whole group lessons, and small group instruction so you can meet every learner where they are.

💡 Perfect For:
Kindergarten and early 1st grade
Intervention or RTI groups
Math centers, morning tubs, or guided math rotations
Visual number sense and subitizing lessons

🖨️ Prep Is Simple
Just print, cut, and go! All subitizing cards and ten-frame materials are reusable across multiple lessons and centers.

If you’re ready to make number sense click — this resource gives you everything you need to help your students build fluency, confidence, and real understanding.

Let’s build strong mathematicians together, one glance at a time. 💪