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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.
Early math skills are essential to children’s school readiness and later learning. Discover ways to support infant and toddler early math skills during everyday routines and learning experiences.
Discover strategies to support STEAM learning for preschoolers. In each episode, there's an overview of the STEM component and tips for using art to help children explore concepts and skills.
Explore ways to support STEAM learning for infants and toddlers. In each episode, find an overview of the STEM component and tips for using art to help children explore concepts and skills.
Math is everywhere — from your home to the grocery store to the outdoors. Learn how to support children’s math learning during the activities and routines they already do every day.
Find out how infant/toddler teachers and family child care providers can help very young children learn early math concepts and skills. Hear from experts who share information on early math development.
Hear from experts about early math development. Find out how to integrate early geometry concepts into everyday teaching practices to help very young children begin to develop their math skills.
View this video for an introduction of the 15-minute In-service Suite on differentiating leaning opportunities in early math.
Explore this in-service suite to learn more about the use of Practice-Based Coaching (PBC) to improve early math learning.
Discover the math component of STEAM. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Find out how infants and toddlers explore everyday math concepts during daily routines and interactions.
Research on the Go podcasts summarize the latest research and discuss implications and practical applications. This episode addresses how to create environments to build math skills with infants and toddlers.
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