🔢 Counting at the Grocery Store
Contar en el supermercado
🔢 Math & Numbers
Real-Life Mode
K.CC.4K.CC.5WL.K.1
Objective: Child counts out a set number of produce items into the bag while naming numbers in Spanish.
🧺 Materials
- grocery cart
- produce bags
- fruits or vegetables on your list
📋 Instructions (parent)
- At the produce section, hand your child a bag and pick one fruit or vegetable to count.
- Ask them to put items in one at a time, counting aloud in Spanish: uno, dos, tres.
- Stop at five and have them double-check by pointing to each one as they recount.
- Let them place the bag in the cart and choose the next item to count together.
- Throughout the store, ask 'How many?' and pause for the Spanish number.
➕ Extension ideas
- Count items as you unload them onto the checkout belt.
- Sort fruits and vegetables into two groups and count each group.
🗣️ Parent script — say it in Spanish
Español
Vamos a contar mientras compramos. Pon las manzanas en la bolsa, una por una. Cuenta conmigo: uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco. ¡Qué bien cuentas!
💬 Conversation prompts
- ¿Cuántas manzanas tenemos?
- ¿Qué fruta quieres contar ahora?
- ¿De qué color es esta verdura?
- ¿Puedes poner cinco en la bolsa?
🔑 Vocabulary
- manzana — apple
- bolsa — bag
- contar — to count
- fruta — fruit
- verdura — vegetable
- cinco — five
- más — more
Other ways to do it
⚡ 5-minute version
Count just one type of produce up to five while you grab it.
🚗 Car version
On the drive, count five things you see out the window in Spanish.
😴 No-energy version
Let your child point and say the number as you place items in the cart for them.
🎯 California standards covered
| K.CC.4 | Counting Tells How Many “I can count objects one at a time and know the last number tells how many.” |
| K.CC.5 | Counting to Answer How Many “I can count a group of things to find out how many there are.” |
| WL.K.1 | Exploring Spanish “I can say hello, count, and name colors in Spanish.” |