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February 2009

Theme: “Let's Play Math”

Why and How to Teach Preschoolers (Pre-) Math?

Feb
4
2009

Babies are born with mathematical minds. Remember your toddler's early cries of "more, more, more!"? And take notice of your preschooler's eagle eye for who got how many cookies. There's the proof. So just as we do all we can to take advantage of our kids' natural language abilities from an early age, it is wise to pay some attention to their (pre-) math skills as well. We can set our children

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SavvyPicks: Best Counting Books

Feb
3
2009

Who says math has to be separate from reading? Since our own SAT days at the latest, we've divorced the two. Worse yet, we've often fallen into the trap of thinking that skills in one area preclude or at least differ fundamentally from skills in the other. It seems to us that preschool is the perfect time to reunite math and reading. We'd love to see our preschoolers enjoy both, feel

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Fuzzy Math

Feb
2
2009

When we think about preparing our littlest ones for literacy and a life-long love of reading, parents know more or less what to do. Read, read, read. Simple! When we think about preparing our babies and preschoolers to enjoy math, however, many of us are not quite as certain about how to proceed. Why? Perhaps because when we think of math, we think of math class, and no one really wants to

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Savvy Picks for December, 2008

Our top ten posts about the wonders of rituals and routines:

  1. A Season of Rituals
  2. Savvy Welcomes Betsy Brown Braun on Helping Keep the Fa-La-La in the Holidays with Your Children
  3. Savvy Picks: Best Children's Books of 2008
  4. Savvy Welcomes Lyn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson on Greening the Holidays
  5. Teaching Your Child About Giving Instead of Getting at the Holidays
  6. Homemade Gifts to Make with Preschoolers
  7. How to Keep Rituals a Bit Flexible, a Little Lively, and a Lot Unexpected
  8. Savvy Welcomes Ginger Carlson on How to Give Experiences Not More Things
  9. Inspired Indoor Activities for the Shortest Day of the Year
  10. Holidays Are Delicious

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