Previously I discussed how my wife & I taught our son to recognize numbers, letters, shapes & animals. With him starting kindergarten in two years it’s important that he begin preparing. There are so many ways you can prepare your child. We use his favorite toys (Disney diecast Cars) to help him understand the concepts of larger, smaller, taller, shorter. We count them & group them to help him identify more and less. All the cars are different colors so we can continue to work on his colors. You can also find great programs to keep your childrens attention and teach them at the same time like Zorbit’s Math Adventure.

Previously we discussed Zorbit’s math adventure & the Zorbit’s Contest. The contest asked entrants to share their ideas for helping children 3-5 years old learn math skills.  Zorbit’s early childhood education experts have reviewed all the entries and narrowed down the finalists.  Now they need your help to choose the very best!

Check out Zorbit’s Math Adventure for yourself & learn how it can help your child prepare for first year school math! It covers tons of things to prepare your child such as:

Counting and Number Awareness

• Counting objects up to 20
• Ordering numbers (ascending)
• Ordering numbers (descending)

Identifying Shapes

• Recognizing circles, squares, and triangles
• Distinguishing between squares and rectangles

Sizing Shapes and Objects

• Long and short
• Tall and short
• Wide and narrow

Subitizing

• The precursor of estimating (for more)

Characterizing Colors

• Red, yellow, blue, orange, green, purple, brown, and black

Comparing Amounts

• Identifying more and less

Recognizing Positions

• Inside and outside
• Left, middle, and right
• Above and below
• Top and bottom

Classifying Objects and Groups

• Same
• Different
• Same and different
• Classify by colour

Separating and Matching

• Recognizing group commonalities and differences
• Pairing similar objects

How will you prepare your child for first year school math?