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Mathematics Development

Find resources to support preschoolers’ understanding of numbers and quantities, their relationships and operations, shapes and their structure, reasoning, measurement, classification, and patterns.

Mathematics development is a preschooler subdomain of the cognition central domain in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF). Other ELOF domains include approaches to learning; social and emotional development; language and literacy; and perceptual, motor, and physical development.

Math Learning Trajectories: Sorting

Children are learning math every day in Head Start programs across the country. Watch these videos to see how teachers encourage their sorting skills.

Math Learning Trajectories

Children are learning math every day in Head Start programs across the country. Watch these videos to see how teachers encourage their math development.

Research on the Go: “M” in STEAM

Stereotypes about who is "good at math" are everywhere. Discover how to help shift the narrative and find strategies for helping even the youngest learners embrace their inner mathematician.

Math: Number Recognition and Subitizing

Learn more about number recognition and subitizing. Discover why this important math competency is the foundation of math learning. Find ways to support number recognition and subitizing for children birth to 5.

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