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Easy and fun activities for families that promote early math learning. Select from one of four areas of everyday life for family math activities, as well as tips and instructions for sharing the activities with the families you support.

Cooking

Daily Routines

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Patterns

Storybook guide based on Stuart J. Murphy’s “Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom!”

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Adding, Subtracting, & More

Storybook Guide Based on Pat Hutchins’s “Ten Red Apples”

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Patterns

Storybook Guide Based on Lori Haskins Houran’s “Bravo, Albert!”

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Measurement

Storybook Guide Based on Ann Tompert’s “Just a Little Bit”

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Shapes & Spatial Relations

Storybook Guide Based on Ellen Stoll Walsh’s “Mouse Shapes”

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Patterns

Storybook Guide Based on Rozanne L. Williams’s “Mr. Noisy’s Book of Patterns”

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Shapes & Spatial Relations

Storybook Guide Based on Robie H. Harris’s “Now What? A Math Tale”

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Patterns

Storybook guide based on Trudy Harris’s “Pattern Bugs”

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Math Identity

Storybook Guide Based on Molly Bang’s “When Sophie Thinks She Can’t…”

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Adding, Subtracting, & More

Storybook Guide Based on Ivan Brunetti’s “Three Times Four”

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Numbers & Counting

Simon Says

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Measurement

Scavenger Hunt

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Math Identity

Storybook Guide Based on Julia Finley Mosca’s “The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague”

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Adding, Subtracting, & More

Storybook Guide Based on Asia Citro’s “Pigeon Math”

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Numbers & Counting

Storybook Guide Based on Kate Read’s “One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller”

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Math Identity

Storybook Guide Based on Helaine Becker’s “Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13”

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Numbers & Counting

Storybook Guide Based on Peggy Rathmann’s “10 Minutes till Bedtime”

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Tips for Reading Together

Turn reading time into math learning time! Suggestions for finding and talking about the math in storybooks.

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Adding, Subtracting, & More

Storybook Guide Based on Eve Merriam’s “12 Ways to Get to 11”

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Measurement

Storybook Guide Based on Steve Jenkins’s “Actual Size”

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Adding, Subtracting, & More

Storybook Guide Based on Eleanor May’s “Albert Adds Up!”

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Shapes & Spatial Relations

Storybook Guide Based on Eleanor May’s “Albert is Not Scared”

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Numbers & Counting

Storybook Guide Based on Mitsumasa Anno’s “Anno’s Counting Book”

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Numbers & Counting

Storybook Guide Based on Atinuke’s “Baby Goes to Market”

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Measurement

Storybook Guide Based on Ellen Stoll Walsh’s “Balancing Act”

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Shapes & Spatial Relations

Storybook Guide Based on Stella Blackstone’s “Bear in a Square”

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Numbers & Counting

Storybook Guide Based on Karma Wilson’s “Bear Counts”

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Measurement

Storybook Guide Based on Songju Ma Daemicke’s “Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant”

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Shapes & Spatial Relations

Storybook Guide Based on Pat Hutchins’s “Changes, Changes”

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Shapes & Spatial Relations

Storybook Guide Based on Stuart J. Murphy’s “Circus Shapes”

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Shapes & Spatial Relations

Storybook Guide Based on Lois Ehlert’s “Color Zoo”

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Math Identity

Storybook Guide Based on Miguel Tanco’s “Count on Me”

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Numbers & Counting

Storybook Guide Based on Robie H. Harris’s “Crash! Boom! A Math Tale”

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Numbers & Counting

Storybook Guide Based on “Eric Carle’s 123”

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Numbers & Counting

Storybook Guide Based on Lois Ehlert’s “Fish Eyes”

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Shapes & Spatial Relations

Storybook Guide Based on Steve Light’s “Have You Seen My Monster?”

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Numbers & Counting

Storybook Guide Based on Sandra Boynton’s “Hippos Go Berserk!”

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Shapes & Spatial Relations

Storybook Guide Based on Stan and Jan Berenstain’s “Inside Outside Upside Down”

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Numbers & Counting

Storybook Guide Based on Annie Watson’s “Is 2 a Lot?”

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Numbers & Counting

Storybook Guide Based on Stuart J. Murphy’s “Just Enough Carrots”

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Numbers & Counting

Storybook Guide Based on La Coccinella’s “Let’s Count”

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Shapes & Spatial Relations

Storybook Guide Based on Eleanor May’s “Mice on Ice”

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Adding, Subtracting, & More

Storybook Guide Based on Stuart J. Murphy’s “More or Less”

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Measurement

Storybook Guide Based on Tana Hoban’s “More, Fewer, Less”

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Numbers & Counting

Storybook Guide Based on Ellen Stoll Walsh’s “Mouse Count”

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Measurement

Storybook Guide Based on Mara Rockliff’s “Next to an Ant”

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Math Identity

Storybook Guide Based on Cheryl Bardoe’s “Nothing Stopped Sophie”

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Adding, Subtracting, & More

Storybook Guide Based on April and Jeff Sayre’s “One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab”

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Patterns

Storybook Guide Based on Trudy Harris’s “Pattern Fish”

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Adding, Subtracting, & More

Storybook Guide Based on Keith Baker’s “Quack and Count”

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Shapes & Spatial Relations

Storybook Guide Based on Joyce Sidman’s “Round”

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Measurement

Storybook Guide Based on Ruth Krauss’s “The Growing Story”

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Shapes & Spatial Relations

Storybook Guide Based on Katherine Ayres’s “Up, Down, and Around”

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Shapes & Spatial Relations

Storybook Guide Based on Eric Hill’s “Where’s Spot?”

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Measurement

Storybook Guide Based on Ae-hae Yoon’s “Who Eats First”

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Math Talk While Cooking Together

These are tips for talking about math while cooking with young children. They can help break down the skills involved in counting, measurement, and adding and subtracting. All of the tips can be used with your own recipes and dishes.

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Numbers & Counting

Berry Smoothies for Counting

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Measurement

Easy Macaroni & Cheese for Measuring

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Numbers & Counting

Personal Pizzas For Playing with Numbers

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Adding, Subtracting, & More

Chocolate Chip Cookies for Sharing

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Adding, Subtracting, & More

Fun Pancakes with Mix-Ins for Adding and Subtracting

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Measurement

Vegetable Soup for Talking About Measurement and Size

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