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Five Places to Practice Math (and Make it Fun)

by Alison

February 11, 2009

When you spend time with a preschooler, every experience is a learning opportunity.  Here are five of our favorite places to go and some math activities to go along with each one.

The Bosque: Choose your favorite access point and count away.  Count birds, bugs, picnic tables, or trees.  Head down the bike path and count how many people you see or how many bikes ride past you.

The Library: More thought of as a place to practice early reading skills as opposed to math, but there are plenty of math opportunities here.  Tell your child how many books he can choose and help him count to the appropriate number.  Look up a non-fiction book and have your child help you find it on the shelf, let her help you figure out if you are in the right section or need to higher numbers or lower numbers.  Try some basic measuring skills and figure out how many books tall the shelf is.  Pull out a few books and have your child tell you which one is the shortest and which is the tallest.
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