In school, we practice number recognition, counting, and sorting.  Below are some ideas of how you can work on these skills at home.

• Count snack foods! Example: If you are having Goldfish crackers for snack put a few in front of your child and count them out.  Have your child point to each cracker and count along with you
• Count while folding laundry – How many shirts? How many socks?
• Go on a walk and look for numbers on mailboxes
• Read counting and number books
• Sing counting songs (5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, Five Green and Speckled Frogs, etc.)
• Build a block tower and count how many blocks you used
• Sort toy cars or legos by color
• Compare sets of groups (10 blocks and 2 blocks) and identify which set is “more” while using your core vocabulary board
• Listen to counting songs on youtube! Some of our favorites are Jack Hartman counting 1 to 100, Counting backwards from 20, and skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s