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Presenting young learners with the opportunity to cultivate number sense is just as important as introducing early literacy education. There are a variety of preschool-level activities that can help foster this crucial skill. Take a look at three of these activities that highlight the fundamental lessons early number sense can impart.

Develop Number Sense With 3 Preschool Activities

1. Counting

Straightforward, easily adaptable, and fun for kids of all ages, counting starts preschool children on the road to mastering their numbers. Count aloud anything that may be in your young learner’s range of sight, and once a few numbers have been learned, demonstrate how to count backward. This skill comes in handy later on when they learn subtraction.

2. Identifying Sequential Numbers

Understanding the link between written numbers and what they represent is critical to developing number sense. You can show your preschool student one toy, two toys, three toys, etc., illustrating how one number builds on another. You can also make a connect-the-dot game in which each dot is numbered and the line must connect sequential numbers.

preschool3. Telling Time

We live in a world increasingly dependent on our phones and other electronic devices to spell out the current time in a digital format. But introducing your preschool learner to an old-school analog watch is an excellent way of supporting their understanding of numbers, sequences, and fractions. Telling time is also a chance to throw in some basic science concepts, like time of day and its connection to the sun and the moon.

 

FasTracKids offers a variety of enrichment programs at their locations throughout Brooklyn and New York City. Call (347) 983-2229, visit their website, or connect with them via Facebook or Twitter to enroll your young learner in an upcoming preschool or after-school program. By cultivating number sense, you are acquainting your child with the dynamic world of mathematics and its central role in our everyday lives.

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