Early Learning

Math crops up in everyday activities in so many ways. You can help preschoolers see math in the petals of a flower, the shape of a window, the bounce of a ball, the growth of a plant, and the repetition of a song. Instead of teaching math to preschoolers, you can be their guide as they experiment, think about problems, try solutions, gain understanding, and discuss their findings. Creative Investigations in Early Mathgives teachers practical ideas for intentionally fostering young children's hands-on explorations in the following areas:

• Number and number sense
• Computation
• Geometry and spatial sense
• Measurement
• Data collection and statistics
• Patterns and relationships

With your guidance, preschoolers can figure out how the world of mathematics works and how math works in their world.

• Building Core Curriculum Skills
• Teaching Language Arts and Math Concepts
• Small Group Activities
• Kinder Music Enrichment
• Finger Puppets: Fun and Focused Learning
• Writing Buddy Pencil Topper
• Develop and refine fine motor skills
• Use as props to develop spatial and coordination skills
• Student Achievement Incentives

• Playful, interactive learning
• Encourages parent-child interaction
• Develops early learning skills necessary for school success
• Offers confidence-building feedback
• Provides ample practice time

• Four 24-page, full-color illustrated storybooks with 11 early learning activities that develop readiness skills for school success
• Book set includes Hot Dots Jr. Ollie—the Talking, Teaching Owl™ interactive, electronic Hot Dots pen
• Hot Dots Jr. Ollie—The Talking, Teaching Owl™ lights up and has 17 speech and sound-effect responses
• Ollie requires 2 AAA batteries, not included

High-quality plastic cubes measure ¾” each and come in 10 bright colors.
These stackable cubes are easy for little hands to connect and twist apart.
Great for counting to 100 by ones and tens, grouping, and one-to-one correspondence. MathLink® Cubes feature geometric shape cutouts.
Cubes link together on all sides of each cube with geometric shape cutouts for more complex patterning activities.

Educational Benefits

• Learning Styles: Visual, Tactile
• Skill Development: Math skills (one-to-one correspondence, counting to 100, skip counting, Comparison, Making 10, Nonstandardized measurements, Grouping, Addition, Subtraction, Graphing), Color identification, Shape identification, Patterning, Matching, Fine motor skills, Eye-hand coordination, Motor planning,

Includes

• activity guide

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish! 50 Fish Counters (10 each of 5 colors) plus 5 translucent matching cups make counting and sorting fun! Fish measure 1-1⁄4"L. Set of 55.

26 Write-On/Wipe-Off Activity Pages that introduce each letter of the alphabet

Kids go wild for letter learning with this animal-themed flip chart! The purr...fect circle time activity!

• A playful way to help students recognize and name initial letters, link letter and sounds, build oral language vocabulary, and develop concepts about print.
• Features step-by-step instructions for teaching phonemic awareness, letter formation, short and long vowels, and more.