workingmom Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 For those attending brick and mortar and did early KG where there any resources you used to supplement weak area? DD got accepted into earlyKG but she is behind on math (I'm not even sure what they expected here to learn last year in PreK) but I said I'd work with her in the principal meeting today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staceyshoe Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Honestly, I would wait and talk to the teacher to find out what is expected. Both my kids went to kindergarten in public school, and the class did very basic math at the beginning of the year--counting, 1 to 1 correspondence, shapes, etc. Even if expectations are higher in your dc's school, it's surprising how well kids can pick up information, catch up if behind, or fill in gaps without any additional help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingmom Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Do you play games with her? Hide and seek will help her develop counting. Board and card games will help her develop her numeracy and logical thinking. My number one recommendation is dominoes. An easy way to practice 1:1 correspondence is have her set the table. For sorting, put clean dishes away, or pair socks. If there is a particular skill you want to work on, this site has many suggestions: http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/ for K level on up. yes thanks for reminding me. with multiple kids you sometimes forget all the game learning you did with the first. i never did dominos I will look into that. we counted walking down the stairs and while I worked out played some matching colors in the room today. at soccer practice for older DC we played spot it with another mom. it was fun. definitely will check out site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uff Da! Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 We did and still do http://www.educationunboxed.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad astra Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 What Your Preschooler Needs To Know and What Your Kindergartener Needs To Know gave me good guidelines on what to cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 If I had it to do over again, I would have researched the math they were going to do in 1st grade and bought the K materials in that same curriculum. I would have done somewhat formal math in that curriculum every day (in addition to games that help develop number sense etc.). My kids did a very simple math program in KG and then Singapore math in 1st grade. One of mine had a hard time understanding what Singapore math was trying to get at. I really wish we'd done a KG level Singapore workbook prior to 1st grade. Instead I remediated in 1st, and she was pretty much always behind. In my case, nobody warned me math could be a problem. My kid was pretty much average as far as the KG records / Iowa test indicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Does the school have a JK? If so, can you talk to that teacher and find out exactly what they teach? When my DD was accepted for early K, I asked for the JK syllabus, and it really looked like the only thing she would miss would be specific instruction on letter formation, so I did HWOT PK with her at home so she had something to build on when they started all the "Write a sentence" stuff in SK. If there's not a JK program, chances are high that they have kids coming in all over the place on skills anyway. I also have to say, having early entered my DD in K, I don't think I'd do it again. It doesn't provide enough for a kid who is ahead, and for one who struggles even in a specific area, it helps to accent their difficulties while giving the school an excuse to not address them since they can be blamed on age from then on out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingmom Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 What is JK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Junior Kindergarten (really just the last year of preschool, but at the school and treated as a school grade). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnerd Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I bought Miquon and Singapore EarlyBird math and cuisenaire rods and worked with my son as time permitted at that age. School math was just number sense and counting (up to 20?). I also used Dreambox math online at home and it was great for that age. I am not sure what you mean by "behind" - because that is that age when they start teaching math from scratch. I suggest that you start informally teaching math right away - using real life situations and stories. For e.g. if you are in a parking lot, you can make up a math problem like this: there were X number of cars parked when we arrived, and 2 of them pulled away and left. Are there more or less cars now? If more, how many more than before? If less how many less than before? Then you explain that addition and subtraction are the same concepts as what you just discussed. We used to make up stories like that for birds sitting on cables outside, cookies in a jar etc. Other things you can work on easily are categorization, grouping and patterns. Sorting laundry, socks, beads, silverware etc, grouping them based on criteria, and making patterns like ABABAB, ABCABC etc with them. I think that should help her get a strong foundation on math. Also, please check out Rosie's education unboxed videos: http://www.educationunboxed.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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