Title I Mathematics

MATH - THINGS TO DO WHILE YOU'RE WAITING....

Many parents find that playful learning activities can help reduce children's impatience when they have to wait.

Math is much more than just counting, adding, and subtracting! Playing with math concepts helps children become confident mathematical thinkers. Here are some quick activities to engage a child who has to wait.

Counting
Use objects to help your child learn that each item we count corresponds to a number. Ask questions like: How many trucks to you see? How many people are ahead of us in line, and how many will there be once the front person leaves? Children also like action rhymes that involve counting.

Classifying
Child can sort things according to different properties. Make a game of sorting objects with your child, such as coins or laundry or sorting an object by color such as red cars.

Sequences and Patterns
Order is important in math. Find simple patterns together-such as the colors of floor tiles. Have your child make visual patters using small object such as buttons, colored pencils, etc.

Spatial Relations
This has to do with shapes and locations of objects such as circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. Drawing shapes in the air can fun. Describe words like "on" "inside" "under" to describe where you see the shapes.

Estimation and Predictions
Children often like to make educated guesses, "Will our laundry fit in two washer? Which is higher, a stack of pennies or five dimes? How can you tell? Have your child make a guess first and then check to see how close his/her guess came.

Measurement and Time
Investigate measurement together. Which is heavier, your coat or your boot? How many steps to the car? How long can you stand on one leg?

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