Math is fun and it is everywhere.  For pre-schoolers, it includes skills such as sorting, ordering, comparing, counting, measuring and interpreting. 

 

Games:

• count buttons in a box, items in grocery basket, pieces in a cake, etc.

• count loudly, count in a line, in a circle, from left to right

• after counting, put in a pile. how many now? under a cover, how many now?

• line up shoes by size from small to big, in a pattern small big small big, etc.

• sort socks by colour, by size

• cut vegetables and do prints on paper. what pattern can you make?

• what numbers can you find in a magazine? cut them out for cards and crafts

  

Do:

• Make math fun through stories, songs, use of math equipment and imaginative play

• Make math real by applying in real life situation, with familiar objects

• Encourage kids to 'have a go'

• Praise achievement, however small

• Work together for short sessions 

  

Try Not To: 

• Put kids under pressure

• Rush your child's learning

• Worry about mistakes. We learn by  trying and error

• Jump in with solution too quickly