Math
Young children learn that numbers represent amounts, can be used to compare things, and can be used to solve problems through basic adding and subtracting. They also learn how to measure and compare objects, recognize shapes by their features, use position words (next to, under), and recognize and complete patterns.
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Create your own sorting challenge. Dump out blocks on the floor and have your child sort them by shape. Mix the blocks back up and have him sort by color or size.
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Elmo's World Games
Welcome to Elmo's World! Play six different mini-games about shapes with Elmo.
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Go on a shape hunt! Explore the shapes around you, such as a door shaped like a rectangle and a clock shaped like a circle. Draw pictures of the shapes you find to create your own shape book!
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Create your own shape pattern challenge. Make a simple pattern such as square, circle, square, circle, square ? and ask your child what comes next. Try making harder patterns with three shapes.
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Look in a mirror with your child and encourage her to point to some of her body parts that come in pairs such as ears, arms, and feet. What else can you find that comes in pairs?
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Count backwards to zero! Put five pieces of a healthy snack on a plate and have your child count down after each one is eaten. When you reach zero, talk about how zero means there are none left.
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Checkout Cookie
Cookie Monster needs help to sort the food patterns at the grocery store.
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The next time you make a snack with your child, ask him to help create a pattern with the foods such as cracker, cheese, cracker, cheese. Then eat your pattern!
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Play your own game of "One of These Things is Not Like the Other!" Put together three stuffed animals and one spoon, and encourage your child to guess which one is not like the other!
