Montessori sensitive period for math is 4 вЂ“ 6 years, that is when children are naturally inclined to transition from a concrete hands-on understanding of counting to a more ABSTRACT analytical thinking, you can start introducing CONCRETE MATHEMATICAL concepts at the age of 2! Start with bulky concrete materials like Numbers Rods or count fruits, toys, etc! At that age, children do NOT understand the symbolic relation of numbers to quantity but it is a good place to start! Children FIRST should be introduced to numerals as QUANTITY! So hold 2 bananas рџЌЊ and say 2. NYC BALL NEW YEAR COUNTDOWN ONE-TO-ONE-CORRESPONDENCEДЄlthough according to Dr. STAGE I NUMBER TO NUMBER MATCHING | 2 YR +

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Control of error is a picture and also the sequential numerical order: AGE 2.5 YR +: use 1-5 puzzle, AGE 3.5 YR +: use 1-10 puzzle

PAGE 31 -32: PUZZLE | SPACIAL AWARENESS ~ cut along the dotted lines and invite the child to assemble the cut-strips in order.

Ask the child to connect the dots of the matching halves.

PAGE 30: FIND THE MISSING HALF | LOGIC Laminate the page so that you can use a dry erase marker and wipe it clean for multiple uses.

Optional: laminate the page and then offer a child to also MARK each object as s/he counts up.

PAGE 20 вЂ“ 29: 1:1 CORRESPONDENCE | AGE 3 YR + ~ invite a child to TOUCH and object on a page and count ALOUD and then match the cardinal number to the cutout from pages 3-5.

PAGE 19: NUMBER TO QUANTITY MATCHING AGE 2.5 YR + ~ connect a number symbol to a corresponding quantity of objects, and practice connecting cardinality, numeral to quantity association, and 1:1 correspondence.

PAGE 17 вЂ“ 18: NUMERACY Included Common Core Standards and One-To-One Correspondence in a nutshell.Age 3 YR + count DOWN and notice how the ball вЂњdrops.вЂќ PAGE 6 вЂ“ 16: NUMBER RECOGNITION & MATCHING | AGE 2 YR + ~ match a cutout numbered ball to the correct numbered ball on the countdown pole.PAGE 3 вЂ“ 5: CUTOUTS | Numbered NYE ball cutouts | use them for pages 6 вЂ“ 16 and 20-29.

Kids nye countdowns