May 01, 2008
My preschooler can count twice as high as your preschooler — but does that mean she really understands number concepts? In truth, she has memorized a sequence of words. Although children can’t learn math unless they know how to count, counting is only one aspect of math.
Children begin to count on their own as they grow, and they learn from everyday experiences with length, quantity, time, temperature, money, and more. Through Preschool program, children expand their true understanding of math. Adults should recognize that games such as sorting and putting objects in sequence are actually early experiments in math, even if they don’t look much like geometry!
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