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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]“Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (such as 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.”[/quote]

When a kid comes to school and cannot count to ten consistently, that standard is quite a reach.  There are more kids like this than you think. 
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Yes, you're right. That standard is quite a reach for a kid who comes to school and cannot count to ten consistently. That doesn't mean that the standard is bad or developmentally appropriate. It means that we need to devote more resources to kids who come to school unable to count to ten consistently -- both in and out of school.[/quote]

My child was in Montessori and all in one pre-k year learned numbers 1-10, teens, hundreds, thousands, counting and skip counting with chains, and what's called the "bank game" and "exchange game" where kids take those base 10 blocks and exchange hundreds for 10's and so forth to add and subtract numbers. This is actually a very common occurrence for a pre-k child in Montessori. It would make sense that kindergarten could teach these things to kids one year older but they often don't have the materials to do so well. The Montessori materials for learning place value look like this http://www.montessorioutlet.com/cgi-bin/item/510500950BOM/5105/Montessori-Outlet-Golden-Bead-Material
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