Math Is Everywhere

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Look around: Exciting math opportunities abound! Whether you're indoors, outdoors, or on the go, making math part of your daily routines helps your child understand that math is fun — and important.

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Your child is already practicing basic math skills when she helps you set the table, pick out apples at the grocery store, or match socks from the laundry. From the minute your child wakes up, her day is filled with potential math moments—and you can easily bring these moments to life.

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  • #1 Discover math indoors: Explore shapes with puzzles. Point out the pieces' curves, lines, and angles. Encourage your child to flip and rotate pieces to make them fit right. Share
  • #2 Discover math indoors: Add and subtract with game-board dice. After your child rolls a pair of dice, count the dots on one die, then the other. How many dots did he roll all together? Take away one die. How many dots are left? Share
  • #3 Discover math indoors: Give everyone a few pretzels or crackers at snack time. Ask your child to count the items. Did everyone get an equal, or the same, amount? If not, ask your child how many pieces you need to subtract from each pile to make them all the same. Share
  • #4 Discover math indoors: At mealtime, compare two drinking glasses of the same size. Which glass has less liquid? Which has more? During a meal, how does the amount change? Share
  • #5 Explore math outdoors: Count while you're out and about! Count pebbles in a garden, petals on a flower, or cracks in a sidewalk. Share
  • #6 Explore math outdoors: Use a stick to draw shapes in the sand or dirt. Try making interesting shapes, such as an octagon or a rhombus. Count each shape's sides and angles together. Share
  • #7 Take math learning on the go: Hunt for numbers on the way to the grocery store. Your child can call out the numbers she sees on houses, street signs, or license plates. Share
  • #8 Take math learning on the go: While you shop, talk about how display items are grouped. How would your child group things—by color, size, or weight? Which items would go together? Share
  • #9 Take math learning on the go: Ask your child to pick out two items while you pick out three. Put all the items into one bag. If your child put in two items, and you put in three, how many do you have all together? Count to find out. Share

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Sesame Street Math Is Everywhere aims to help parents, caregivers, and educators help young children explore and understand math in the everyday world. By focusing on the broad thinking and reasoning skills required to master mathematics, Math Is Everywhere hopes to use math as an early starting point for empowering children's learning across the curriculum for years to come.

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