Here’s the super fun part! As we’ve mentioned, you can count everything all the time with your child – here are some songs, rhymes, and play activities to keep it all going! Songs* Ten Little Fingers Zoom, Zoom, Zoom & Happy New Year, Zoom, Zoom, Zoom Show Me a One Five Green and Speckled Frogs Read More
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Books about Counting
Arithmechicks Add Up by Anne Marie Stephens (Preschool) Ten little chicks are at the park for a day of fun, which includes math, of course. Children will enjoy the fun illustrations while learning (without tears) different strategies for counting and addition. Enjoyed this one? Check out the second book in the series, Arithmechicks Take Away. Get Read More
Tips for Practicing Counting
Learning to count has different stages, and here are three basic ones to concentrate on with your little one. https://www.bestbeginningsalaska.org/tips-for-practicing-counting/ Edit Counting in Order The first stage is counting in the correct order using the names of numbers: 1 (“one”), 2 (“two), 3 (“three”), etc. Sometimes children skip numbers as they learn how to put numbers Read More
Counting
This month we’re using New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Noon as the best excuse to practice counting all month. Learning numbers and how to count readies your child for doing math in the future. Research from Johns Hopkins University suggests that babies may have a pretty sophisticated understanding of numbers even though they are Read More
Books About Early Math
Lia & Luís: Who Has More? by Ana Crespo (Preschool) Anyone who has a sibling knows the experience of making sure things are equal. Lia and Luís are twins who share and play together, but every so often they have a conflict. Today they wonder which twin has “more” of their snack. They use different Read More
Early Math Activities
Here are some suggestions for practicing math throughout the day. Counting Teach the concept of one when shopping or playing with objects Have some fun with counting songs and rhymes Predictions and Estimating When waiting in the car while a caregiver goes into a store, ask your child to guess how many people will come Read More
Ways to Practice Early Math
Literacy and math have a lot more in common than you think! Here are ways you can nurture the foundations of math. § Count everything together all day long § Name shapes (i.e. STOP signs are octagons because they have eight sides) § Create patterns together § Play with building blocks and puzzles; with preschoolers, also play board/card games Read More
Let’s Talk About Math!
Ever thought: “I’m not a math person”? No matter your confidence level, you can still teach your child early math skills. Young children are able to learn more complicated things than you realize. Numbers are only one part of the equation. Children don’t need calculus, but they do need to learn about counting, patterning, comparing, Read More
