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A curated collection of news and blog posts for staying up-to-date on family math. Discover even more ideas for supporting family math from organizations that also promote early math and family engagement.

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Family Math Video Resources

Discover the power of math through counting, playing, and exploring together. Watch and share video resources designed to help caregivers and practitioners promote children’s math learning. Offered in English and Spanish.

Read on Count Play Explore


Leveraging the Math We Do

Dr. Gigliana Melzi, DREME Network Member and NYU associate professor of applied psychology, offers insight into steps families can take to integrate math into the lives of children.

Read on NYU Institute of Human Development and Social Change


Let’s Talk About Math!

In this guide, you’ll find fun and easy math activities that you and your child can do anywhere, from driving in your car or shopping for groceries, to doing laundry or setting the table.

Read on Talking is Teaching


Becoming a Math Family

Created by math learning experts at the University of Chicago and other universities around the country, the goal of this website is to help parents support math learning in young children (ages 3 to 6). Find fun and engaging activities parents can do with their children to foster math learning.

Read on Becoming a Math Family


Mathical Award Winning Books

Award-winning Mathical titles are selected by a nationwide committee of mathematicians, educators, librarians, early childhood experts, and others. Each year’s selections joins a growing list of stories ranging from picture books and graphic novels to chapter books and young adult literature.

Read on Mathical


Making Time for Family Math

Match socks and sort laundry. Count objects around the house. Play games such as UNO, Connect Four, and Crazy Eights. These activities are all examples of family math, and they can help children build mathematical skills and habits that last a lifetime.

Read on Education Development Center


Free Daily Bedtime Math Activities

We make math part of the family routine. Every day, we serve up a quick bite of wacky math just for fun. Whether it’s flamingos, ninjas or pillow forts, kids can see the math in their favorite topics. No logins. No drilling. No scores. It takes only five minutes a day, and kids clamor for it.

Read on Bedtime Math


Incorporating Math into Your Cold-Weather Routines

Getting the children dressed for outdoor play is one more way that you can meet your math standards while engaging in everyday activities. Outdoor play in the winter months includes snow or rain pants, boots, coats, hats and mittens.

Read on Math at Home


    Friends of Family Math

  • Count Play Explore

    https://www.countplayexplore.org

  • Erikson Institute Early Math Collaborative

    https://earlymath.erikson.edu

  • Global Family Research Project

    https://globalfrp.org

  • Mathical Books

    http://www.mathicalbooks.org

  • MathTalk

    https://math-talk.com/

  • National Association for the Education of Young Children

    https://www.naeyc.org

  • National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement

    https://nafsce.org

  • PBS Kids

    https://pbskids.org

  • Tandem, Partners in Early Learning

    https://www.tandembayarea.org

  • Too Small to Fail

    http://toosmall.org

  • Zero to Three

    https://www.zerotothree.org

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