Give them Something to Look At

Not everyone learns new information the same way. As educators of young children, it is our job to make sure content is fun and accessible, or students will quickly tune out and miss the information.

Review, Review, Review

What good is learning something new if you promptly forget it? 

An Introduction to Patterns

Ah patterns!  They are all around us, in our manicured landscaping, within the walls of the grocery store, and even in your Uncle's really ugly Thanksgiving Day tie.  Young children can recognize linear repeating patterns without much help from an adult, but they often must be shown how to look at the structure of the pattern in order to later recognize the more complex patterns required for algebraic thinking.

Math Vocabulary - Times

Times - The best way to talk about multiplication to young children.

As adults, we know that multiplication is the short way to find the result of adding a number to itself a multiple of times.  But this is just a bunch of mumbo-jumbo to preschool age children (and sadly also to too many older children and adults too.).

Simon Says with Dice

One of the favorite games of Rhombus Kids is the Simon Says Dice Game.   Here's how to play:

A Look at Counting

Most children of preschool age are learning to count.  Educators and observant parents know there are many stages of that learning trajectory. 

Math Vocabulary Word of the Day

HALF - 1. To break a whole into two equal parts (pieces).  2. One of the pieces created when a whole is divided equally into two parts.

Have you ever noticed that the moment a child shares his/her first bag of M&Ms, they are magically able to do division?  Ask your child if they would like to share a treat, say a cookie, with you.  If you only give them a crumb, you can bet they will protest that it's not big enough.  What are they really trying to say?