Skip Counting . Skip counting activities in classrooms most often start from zero and then produce the familiar multiples of the number being counted by e.g. skip counting by 2 from zero creates the multiples of 2. . Skip counting from numbers other than zero provides an opportunity for students to investigate the patterns made and notice similarities and differences to the more familiar counting patterns. . Skip counting by 2, 5 and 10 have distinct patterns. Skip counting by 2 will always crea