Activities To Help Prepare Your Child For Kindergarten
•Mathematics
üSort
objects (size, color, shape, etc.)
üPatterns
(find them and create them)
üCounting
objects
üMatching
numerals with number of objects
üAct out math problems, have children create verbal problems
üMeasuring
(have your child help with cooking)
üPractice
writing numerals, use correct “form”
üGo
on a shape “hunt”
üPlay
with a calculator
üStart
saving money (sort, count, etc.)
üLook for numbers every day (around the house, when shopping, etc.)
üGet a clock for your child (digital and analog) and
start discussing times within
daily routine
üEstimate (i.e. “How many fries do you think you have on your plate?”, then count)
üDifferent
kinds of counting (by ones, fives, tens, etc.)