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?

A Look at Shapes

By the time most kids are four, they are able to recognize and accurately name basic geometric shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, diamond...).  But why?  Are they memorizing them?  Do they associate the shapes with things they see everyday?  Do they understand why a triangle isn't a square?