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How can I support my kindergartener in math?

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You’re the Best!

We know that parents are our students’ first teacher and can provide meaningful instruction to support their learning. Thank you for connecting your interactions at home with math concepts that are learning at school. Together as a team, we will soar to new heights in Kindergarten.

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MathSeeds

Expectations 2024-2025

We are so excited for our new math programming here at our schools in grades K-3! (3rd grade uses for fluency)

We are using this app to make instructional decisions. If you choose to use this program at home, please allow your children to complete these lessons and tests on their own; these are to be done at school so we can have an accurate picture of their math understanding. With accurate data, we are able to meet the students where they are to continue stretching their math brain.

Any other area of the app can be worked on at home! (Mental minute, playroom, shop, arcade, and treehouse)

Please see the following slide to see what that looks like.

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At Home

At Home

At School

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Parent Support at Home

We are so thankful to work in a community with supportive PASD parents! Already this school year, we have been asked how parents/guardians can help support at home. WOW! Thank you for helping us grow the PASD learners together.

The following slides break down the Math PA Standards that are assigned to your child’s grade level. We hope that you can use some of these ideas to activate and stretch their math brain at home. Thanks for always being a community we can COUNT on!

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Number Practice

  • Know the number names
    • Roll a dice and match the number to the dots
    • Identify numbers on license plates, road signs, at the grocery store, on a receipt
    • Sticky notes around the house to label home many of an item there is
    • Hopscotch and say the number names when you land on them
    • Play Chutes and Ladders; rolling the dice and counting the numbers is excellent practice! (Trouble, MouseTrap, Sorry,
  • Count in sequence
    • Count the number of steps on a walk to 20 and start again
    • Count how many seconds a child can complete a hard task
    • Have your child count how many seconds it takes you to complete something.
    • Count how many legs on chairs at the table or other items in your home.
  • Compare numbers
    • Play the card game war with only the 2-10 cards or use Uno cards; ask your child to say 4 is bigger than 2 before they can win the round and pick up the cards.
    • Roll dice and compare numbers
    • Play Yahtzee!, Kerplunk and count/compare the number of marbles or sticks pulled,
    • Play Hi-Ho Cherry-O to practice numbers, matching, and comparing values
    • Play Hungry Hungry Hippo to count and compare the marbles
  • Break apart numbers up to 19
    • What two numbers make up the number 15? [ 10 and 5; 12 and 3; 7 and 8; 6 and 9]
    • How can we break apart this food into two groups?
    • If there are ____ bananas, how many should each family member get?

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Add and Subtract Numbers

  • Add numbers within 10
    • Roll two dice and add the numbers
    • Uno cards 1-9 to practice adding numbers if the sum is greater than 10 the adult can solve that one and flip again.
    • Add vegetables on a plate
    • Add the silverware on the table
  • Subtract Numbers within 10
    • Subtract when items are eaten; we had _____ bananas and how we have _____. How many bananas did we eat?
    • Subtract with Uno or playing cards; make two decks. One deck has the numbers 10, 9, 8, and 7; the second deck has numbers 1-6; flip one card from each deck and subtract the two. Having counters like M&M’s, beads, or pennies would help to solve these problems.

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Geometry

  • Identify 2 and 3D shapes
    • Anytime you see a shape that could be identified please share that; instead of asking to put away their sports equipment; Ask if your child can put away the spheres!
    • Identify clouds that look like geometric shapes
    • Label when you see a building or item that looks like a geometric shape (Rectangular prism)
  • Compare and create 2D and 3D shapes

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Measurements

  • Compare lengths, area, weight, and capacity
    • Measure heights of family members and compare
    • Measure feet/shoes and compare lengths
    • Measure lengths of food
    • Weigh family pets and your child and compare
    • Talk about how food/drinks has the amount or weight labeled on the container; ask your child which they think is larger or smaller
    • Compare drinks in cups: Who has more or less/ How many ounces do you think that is?
  • Count and sort objects to make categories
    • Pairing socks! Make categories of socks-light, dark, different colors, patterns; match the socks, count the pairs at the end…don’t forget to have a sock battle too!
    • Separating peas and carrots; count each vegetable
    • Sort legos by brick attributes or color; count each lego
    • Sort art supplies by color; count each pile
    • Sort towels by category: washcloth, hand towel, body towel. Count each pile

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Thank you for activating your child’s “math” brain at home!