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Teaching Math Through Play with Mother Goose Time

by Erika Leave a Comment

Our children learn to count and recognize numbers through reading aloud and play! We read a ton of number and counting books. We also play math games available from our preschool program, Mother Goose Time! Here are just a couple examples of how Mother Goose Time has helped two of my little learners just this […]

Filed Under: Ages and Stages, Blog, Curriculum, Mother Goose Time, Pre-K, Preschool Tagged With: Math, Math Game, MGT, Mother Goose Time, Preschool Math

Predator Versus Prey Early Learning Math Game

by Erika

This week we are learning more about “Wild Safari Animals” with our favorite preschool curriculum, Mother Goose Time. A big concept we covered is predator versus prey. “Safari, So Good!: All About African Wildlife” from the Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library is a fantastic introductory book to wildlife in Africa and spurred the interest […]

Filed Under: Ages and Stages, Blog, Curriculum, Math, Mother Goose Time, Preschool, Science and Math Tagged With: Math, Math Game, MGT, Mother Goose Time, Preschool Math, Small Group Math

Plant a Forest – Table Top Math with Mother Goose Time

by Erika

As part of the “Winter Wonderland” theme from Mother Goose Time, we used our counting and pattern recognition skills to build a pretend forest. Play dough, Popsicle sticks, and tree cutouts combined to let us create our very own table top math adventure. You can play too!     Below is a list of the […]

Filed Under: Ages and Stages, Blog, Curriculum, Mother Goose Time, Preschool Tagged With: MGT, Mother Goose Time, Preschool Math, Table Top Math

Stick Stack – A Counting Game

by Erika

Sticks are one of my favorite math manipulatives to use with my early learners. They are easy for little hands to hold, sort, and arrange into all kinds of interesting configurations; making them perfect for counting practice. We have used them to help understand symmetry (same number of sticks on all sides) while building little houses […]

Filed Under: Ages and Stages, Blog, Math, Pre-K, Preschool, Science and Math Tagged With: Birds, Counting, Game, Math, MGT, Preschool, Preschool Math

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