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Early Math Literacy

In conjunction with our Learning Math is Fun campaign, we decided to add Early Math Literacy to our conversations. We wanted our parents to know how important early math literacy is so we started talking to some experts. Guess who our first resource person (or thing) is? Chat GPT!

Here what it has to say:

Early math literacy, also known as early mathematical literacy or early numeracy, refers to the development of foundational mathematical skills in young children, typically from birth to around eight years old. It encompasses a range of concepts and abilities that lay the groundwork for more advanced mathematical thinking later in life. Early math literacy is crucial because it not only supports academic success in mathematics but also enhances problem-solving skills and promotes logical reasoning.

Here are some key aspects of early math literacy:

Number Sense: This refers to the understanding of numbers and their relationships. It involves concepts such as counting, recognizing numerals, understanding quantity, and grasping basic arithmetic operations like addition and subtraction. Developing a strong number sense in early childhood forms the basis for more complex mathematical concepts later on.

Spatial Awareness: Spatial reasoning involves understanding and manipulating shapes, sizes, and spatial relationships. Early exposure to activities that involve spatial reasoning, such as puzzles, building blocks, and shape recognition games, helps children develop a strong foundation in geometry and spatial reasoning skills.

Patterns and Sequences: Recognizing and understanding patterns and sequences is another important aspect of early math literacy. This includes identifying repeating patterns, predicting what comes next in a sequence, and understanding simple mathematical patterns like skip counting.

Measurement and Estimation: Early math literacy also involves developing an understanding of measurement and estimation. Children learn about concepts such as length, weight, volume, time, and temperature through hands-on experiences and exploration. Estimation skills involve making educated guesses about quantity or size based on visual cues.

Problem-Solving Skills: Early math literacy fosters the development of problem-solving skills by encouraging children to apply mathematical concepts to real-world situations. Through activities like sorting objects, finding solutions to puzzles, and engaging in mathematical games, children learn to think critically and analytically.

Language Development: Language plays a crucial role in early math literacy. Children need to understand and use mathematical vocabulary to communicate about numbers, shapes, patterns, and other mathematical concepts. Incorporating math-related language into everyday conversations and activities helps strengthen children’s mathematical understanding.

Parental Involvement: Parents and caregivers play a vital role in promoting early math literacy. By engaging in math-related activities with their children, providing opportunities for exploration and discovery, and modeling a positive attitude towards mathematics, parents can support their children’s mathematical development from an early age.

Overall, early math literacy is about laying a strong foundation for mathematical understanding and competency, setting children on a path towards success in mathematics and beyond. Through playful exploration, hands-on activities, and meaningful experiences, young children can develop the skills and confidence they need to become proficient problem solvers and critical thinkers in mathematics and other areas of life.

As a disclaimer, we know that you will get the same response from Chat GPT if you were to do the search yourself but we figure we’d save you an extra step. We hope you enjoyed this short read. Stay tuned for more blogs from us – but this time from human beings!

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Open the app on your iOS device, be it an iPad or and iPhone, then scroll down to the very bottom of the page. You will see a button that reads Redeem and it looks like this:

Then a popup window will appear and it will allow you to enter your code. After you’ve entered your coupon code, your app will be automatically downloaded on your device. We hope this helps.

Whether it’s learning to count or write numbers, or addition and subtraction in kindergarten, the Kindergarten Math Series is your best resource in teaching your child Kindergarten Math. Learn more about our math apps here.

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Parents play a big role on how their children perceive tasks that are given to them. They can frame things in a positive way and take on the challenge or they can also make it seem as if it’s the end of the world. To add to that, children pick up on the reactions that parents make in an event or any happening that they are faced with. A typical example of this is when a child is given a gift and parents would say, “Oh wow, you just got a gift!” Children had just sensed the excitement of their parents. In the same way that a parent would use an excited tone whenever they would tell their child that they are going on a trip, a child’s anticipation had just been set by his or her parent that the experience is going to be a fun one. Parents need to use the same behavior when presenting their child with school activities or even talking to their child about school. It makes all the difference in the world when parents have such optimism

As teachers, we understand that teaching Math to their kids is a challenge to parents. A big “however”, though, is that when kids, preschool age or kindergarten, are just getting ready to learn Math, there’s no way that parents should start talking to their kids about their own Math horror stories. Children need to be given a fair chance to be able to anticipate a great learning experience when it comes to Math. The last thing that we want to happen is for parents to influence their children’s expectations in a negative way.

In fairness to all teachers nowadays, they have collected a gazillion tools to make learning Mathematics fun for their students. There are tons of kids’ math games that they do in the classroom. There’s also a myriad of educational games or learning apps out there to help with this. Our Kindergarten Math Series is one of the best kids’ math games that you can find in the market. Perfect for your 5 year old! There are lots of free math games on the internet, the App Store, and Google Play Store, as well.

Parents are now empowered more than ever to lead their child to having a great Math learning experience, aside from the fact that they really do have a big influence on their child’s attitude towards Math. So instead of saying that learning Math can be fun, why not say:

and be confident that your child will really have a great experience in learning Mathematics. You can never go wrong with that and all you will ever get are great results from the experience – for you and, especially, your child. Special mention to parents who have 3 or 4 year old kids who are just about to enter school.

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Mixing up signs (operations)

The very first thing that students need to pay attention to is the operation that they will be using when working on a Math problem. Most kids look at the numbers and start working on them without realizing that they are doing the complete opposite of the operation that they are supposed to be using. A great technique that most teachers use is to make students circle the operation that is shown in the equation (including word problems) before working on the Math problem.

Switching Place Values (reading numbers backwards)

Place value is a very important skill that students need to master before being able to solve addition and subtraction problems. They need to know the difference between the ones and the tens place values. Reversing these numbers is a simple mistake that they commonly make. Adding 1 and 19 could sometimes make students give an incorrect answer of 92 because they reversed 19 to 91 instead of answering 20. The same way when they are subtracting 1 from 19 and they will give an answer of 90. One technique that teachers use is having students underline the tens place in a number so that they know the higher value number before adding or subtracting.

Non-mastery of numbers 1 to 20

For grades KInder and 1st, the numbers 1 to 20 can already be a difficult set of numbers to master. Some students would sometimes have difficulty memorizing the numbers 1 to 10. It gets even more difficult for the numbers 11 to 20 because of the unusual pattern that numbers 11 and 12 have before reaching the teen numbers (13-19). Some teachers joke about making the numbers 11 and 12 into eleventeen and twelveteen in order to make them all uniform.

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Old school techniques aren’t obsolete! Teach them to use their fingers when counting up or counting down. This is called one-to-one correspondence. This is very effective when adding or subtracting numbers within 10. When adding numbers bigger than 10, have your child say the bigger number and have them raise their fingers with the number they are adding to the number they said. When subtracting, you can use either of these two ways: 

One, have them raise their fingers for the number that they are subtracting (taking away) then they can count down while simultaneously folding down each finger and the last number counted is their answer.

Two, another old school trick is Flashcards. Rote memory may not be for all types of learners but it surely does help with retention. Kids don’t need to memorize everything but every single bit of exposure to the facts when you are using flashcards helps. Each time they visualize an addition or subtraction fact, they can easily recall what the answer will be without even counting. This is how Fact Families work.

They are related because you can add the two numbers together and the third number becomes the answer and you can switch them around. Each of the sets of numbers (equations) are Related Facts and when the four of them come together, they become a Fact Family.

Using Supplementary Learning Apps

We decided to put a focus on 1st grade addition and subtraction for our first app. We purposely timed the release of Pack and Go! around this time of the year, April 2021, because we know that 1st grade students will be focusing on this topic in their classrooms and they have to master these skills in order to become a well-prepared 2nd grader for the following year. Our goal is to provide additional opportunities for the students to practice adding and subtracting while having fun. Parents play a vital role in making their children become great mathematicians. Here is some information that will help you, as a parent, pave their way to becoming one.

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In the realm of teaching, the term curriculum is a messy topic. It has been interchangeably used as a product and not as the real meaning of the word. Curriculum is supposed to be what the student needs to learn and not what product a school district has purchased so that teachers have something to use when teaching the students what they need to learn – the Common Core State Standards

Each product, “the curriculum,” has a different design for its intended use. This design becomes the chain around a teacher’s neck because she is now bound by the “pacing”(the flow or order of lessons that are needed to be taught within a certain time frame) and assessments that the product dictates. This becomes counterintuitive when a teacher determines that her students need more practice on a specific topic but the product does not offer it.

Teachers are very instinctive. They know what their students need. Curriculum products can only go so far. The teachers know and feel that their students need more. This is where we would like to come in and help. We are committing ourselves to support teachers in finding the resources that they need in teaching their students and we will continue working with them until we achieve this.

For supplemental learning, we have focused our attention to one of the biggest areas in the business – mobile and web-based applications. When we decided to take on this challenge, we told ourselves that we will not create products that are cookie-cutters, just like the ones on the market today.

We want our products to be more captivating. Something that will not bore the students when they use them. Something that will make them want to use it.

Our first app, Pack and Go!, captivates the students with its first of a kind gaming visuals while addressing first grade math skills. This is a simple yet effective strategy that will help us get along the ranks of the best educational apps in the App Store and Google Play Store.

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