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Have you ever wondered how to introduce your child to math concepts? Hi I'm Dr. Donna with
some tips on doing that. The first thing you need to realize is that children from a very
early age around twelve months can begin to comprehend amount and quantity. And it's your
job as the parent to use every opportunity when your playing with them as a teachable
moment. You could begin the process by using videos again I'm a big believer in using dvds.
Some of these are Brainy Babies, Big Brainy Babies, that's a tongue twister, Baby Einstein.
There's a lot of good ones out there. Make sure that when you're using these dvds with
your child that you spend time with them doing it. You could also do activities using simple
objects that they're playing with. Part of math skills and concepts comprehending them
requires children to understand that you sort things and you classify and that there's patterns.
For example if I had my daughter here, I'd ask her to how many, to tell me how many red
ones do we have, how many blue straw do we have, and how many yellow. And then I'd ask
her to count them altogether and I'd try to make the connection between the different
groups of straws and the total amount. By doing activities like that with you child
day in and day out when your playing with them, they'll begin to comprehend math skills
and concepts. You also when they're playing with water or sand it's a wonderful opportunity
to use pails and scoopers and fill out how many scoops it takes to fill a bucket. Sand
and water play is a wonderful way and children love it so use every moment during play to
count, to sort, to classify to put things into pattern. Use their life and play as a
teachable moment. I'm Dr. Donna with some tips on how to teach math concepts and skills
to your child.