Vermont Kindergarten Math: What Students Learn
Vermont Kindergarten math follows the Vermont Mathematics Standards and covers the foundational skills every young learner needs. Students work through counting, number sense, basic operations, measurement, and geometry across the year.
Counting and Number Sense
Kindergartners learn to count to 100 by ones and tens, count forward from any given number, and write numbers from 0 to 20. They connect counting to cardinality — understanding that the last number said when counting tells you how many objects there are. Students also practice answering "how many?" questions for groups of up to 20 things.
Comparing Numbers
Students identify whether one group has more, fewer, or the same number of objects as another. They also compare two written numerals between 1 and 10 to determine which is greater or less.
Addition and Subtraction
- Represent addition and subtraction using objects, fingers, drawings, and equations
- Solve word problems and add or subtract within 10
- Decompose numbers up to 10 into pairs in more than one way
- Find the number that makes 10 when added to any number from 1 to 9
- Fluently add and subtract within 5
- Compose and decompose numbers 11–19 into ten ones and some more ones
Measurement and Data
Kindergartners describe measurable attributes like length and weight, directly compare two objects using a shared attribute, and classify objects into categories by count.
Geometry
Students name and describe shapes in their environment, identify flat (two-dimensional) and solid (three-dimensional) shapes, and analyze how shapes compare. They also build and draw shapes, and compose simple shapes to form larger ones.
How StudyPug Helps Vermont Kindergartners
StudyPug has a Vermont math video lesson and practice set for every one of these Kindergarten topics. Lessons are short, clear, and easy for young learners to follow. Parents can sit alongside their child or let them practice independently. Every topic aligns to Vermont Mathematics Standards.
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