幼稚園の焦点: 数学の重要性

In this fun interactive preschool class, we'll work on developmentally-appropriate math skills.  Some of these skills include: number recognition, counting, building a pattern, sorting by size/color/shape, one-to-one correspondence (where a student can point to individual items and say a number for each item, counting up as they go), and simple measurement.  We'll work on these skills through songs and fun games and actvities.  Students will need something to use as math counters for this class (blocks, play cars, buttons, mini erasers, etc.) and crayons/markers and paper or a whiteboard and markers.  Students are also invited to bring a stuffed animal to class, to "learn" alongside them.

This will be a fun interactive class where students are encouraged to participate.  Individual math topics will be covered in all classes, so feel free to come and go in this ongoing class as it fits your schedule.

Weekly topics information:  
Number Recognition and Counting will be covered in every single class.  Every week will have a different focus.
- Week 1: Sorting by Size
- Week 2: Sorting by Color or Shape
- Week 3: Building a Pattern
- Week 4: One to one correspondence
- Week 5 (Week of May 10): Measurement
- Week 6 (Week of May 18): Sequencing

*All music and songs are used by permission from Dr. Jean Feldman.
*All read-aloud story books are read by permission from Macmillan Publishers and Candlewick Press. 
Book that may be read in class include: "Edible Numbers" by Jennifer Vogel Bass, "Counting Collection: Counting Dinosaurs" by Roger Priddy, "First Number Book" by Patty Barber, "It's Not Easy Being Number 3" by Drew Dernavich, "Counting Farm" by Kathy Henderson, "One Gorilla: A Counting Book" by Anthony Browne, "The Blunders: A Counting Catastrophe" by Christina Soontornvat, "Counting our Blessings" by Emma Dodd, "I See a Pattern Here" by Bruce Goldstone, "White Rabbit's Colors" by Alan Baker, "Paper Peek: Colors" by Chihiro Takeuchi, and "Just the Right Size: Why Big Animals are Big and Little Animals are Little" by Nicola Davies.