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Toddler Math
Welcome to Toddler Math!
Math starts with understanding concepts that develop as early as infancy.
Babies explore the world using their senses. They look, touch, smell, hear, and taste.
Infants are curious and want to know everything about their environment.
Provided in the links below are activities that can be done with your child, in small groups and in the classroom.
Activities to Introduce Math Concepts
Toys to Reinforce Math Concepts
Math Concepts
Numbers and Number Sense
Counting
Recognize (Read) Numbers
Represent (How many is three?)
Quantity (More, Less, Equal)
Simple Addition and Subtraction (numbers less than 10)
Patterns, Sorting and Classifying (Algebra and Functions)
Sorting Objects by Attribute (color, size or shape)
Comparing Objects (color, size, shape)
Simple Patterns
Pictorial (Identifying patterns or classifying objects through pictures)
Measurement (Geometry)
Length, Weight, Capacity of Objects (by Comparing: which object is shorter, longer, lighter)
Time Concepts (morning, afternoon, yesterday)
Measuring Time (clock, calendars)
Days of the Week, Months
Identify time (nearest hour)
Graphing (Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability)
Data Gathering (Collecting information about objects by drawing pictures or making picture graphs)
Helpful Toddler Math Tools
Interesting Facts
Infants begin to learn about size by sensing that some things are smaller and some are bigger by sight and touch.
Infants learn about direction as they learn to crawl and walk as they go over, into and under things.
Children learn about weight as they lift different objects.
Infants start to learn about shapes by the many toys we give them.
Toddlers learn the concept of sets. They sort things, by color, size, or the same shape.
Benefits Gained from Introducing Math Concepts
It becomes a natural part of a child's vocabulary.
Vocabulary is enhanced as they learn to describe things using numbers, colors, shapes.
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