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The purpose of this study was to assess the level of subitizing of the kindergarten children in Jerusalem at the first semester of the academic year (2019- 2020). The study investigated the effects of the variables of gender, dot arrangement on the cards. The researcher used (24) cards, 3-8 dots in 4 arrangements (dice, straight, random, and circular) explained by Clements (1999). The researcher also adopted the seven types of subitizing proposed by MacDonald & Wilkins (2016) for evaluating children’s responses. The study sample consisted of 70 children from private kindergartens in the city of Jerusalem. The results of the study revealed a low level of subitizing among the kindergarten children in Jerusalem, and the dependence of children on the initial, descending, and ascending perceptual subitizing levels when justifying their responses. The results of the study also showed that there were statistically significant differences in favor of males in the random arrangement, while the study did not show statistically significant differences in the performance of children due to gender in the other arrangements (dice, straight and circular). (Published abstract)