First Grade: Math

Data

Practice using tally marks.

Help your child come up with categories like favorite colors, favorite fruits or favorite pets. Guide them to create a tally chart listing the options for each category on a piece of paper. Have your child survey family members and friends to collect their responses in their tally chart and use tally marks to record the answers. The have your child talk about what their tally chart shows.  Have them identify the category that received the most votes, the least votes, and any categories that have the same amount of votes. Have your child count aloud the total number of tally marks to find out how many people participated in the survey. This activity will help your child develop an understanding of data collection and analysis.