The key to coming up with great ideas for math in early childhood is to focus on mathematical thinking. What will get your child to using math in play? Whether your child is sorting different sizes or colors of flowers into vases or graphing a set of bottle caps, your child is building the skills to think and learn about mathematical concepts.
Here are some ways we encourage mathematical thinking...
DIY Kleenex box (math) games
Exploring math with these fun do-it-yourself fun math boxes and lots of stuff saved from around the school or house!
Five fun ways to teach with tape
Introducing five fun ways teachers can use tape in the preschool classroom to promote learning and play!
Patterning a garden
Our preschoolers explored and created colorful patterns in our paper flower gardens.
“O” how we love to estimate
Estimating, counting, and drawing with the help of a cup full of cheerios in preschool!
Lining up colored craft sticks
Lining up colored craft sticks was one of our favorite activities during our study of lines in preschool.
Measuring and creating with colored spaghetti
We continued our fun day of exploration by measuring colored spaghetti noodles.
Making our own measuring tapes
To extend our exploration of length and measurement, we made our own measuring tapes in preschool.
Exploring measurement in preschool
We brought out the rulers and measuring tapes this week. Read on to see all of the ways we explored measurement in preschool…
Patterning with partners and lids
Patterning with partners is a fun and cooperative way to explore important math and language skills.
Hearts you can count on
Hearts are a wonderful shape for sorting, graphing, counting, estimating, and more! Come and see how we put our hearts and minds to work as we explored a little heart math fun!
Designing our own shiny gem ornament graphs
We added a little sparkle to the graphing process! Young children exploring the graphing process with the use of gems and rulers.
Sticky paper turkey dress-up and patterning
Bright and colorful feathers are a fun addition to the preschool classroom. See how we made one turkey happy with this simple and fun sticky paper patterning process.
More buttons, buttons, buttons
Working on our fine motor skills, patterning, and counting as we had more fun with bright and colorful buttons!
The number game
Exploring our numbers with the book “One” and a fun number game!
Calculating up numbers in preschool
Our preschool class spent time calculating up numbers! See the process they loved and explored!
Sorting through the colors of fall
Taking a walk through our “forest” to gather up the colors of fall!