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Try This at Home:
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Look for numbers everywhere you go: on buildings and
street signs, or at the grocery store. Ask your child
to identify the numbers in his or her age, address and
telephone number.
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Use snacks, such as nuts or raisins, to practice counting,
adding and subtracting from 1 to 10, and skip counting by 2s,
5s, or 10s to 50.
Rabbit River-Math
HOW TO PLAY
The hungry rabbits want to cross the river to eat
Leap’s harvest of vegetables. Players use arrow
buttons to help the rabbits hop onto logs with shapes,
numbers and mathematical equations! The object of
the game is to get all the rabbits across the river by
responding to the questions.
Scoring:
Players collect
bonus carrots.
WHAT’S BEING TAUGHT?
Numeration:
Recognizing numerals, making the connection between numerals and
values, comparing and ordering numbers, counting, recognizing basic math operators
and functions, and solving math equations.
Level 1:
Players identify numbers and distinguish numerals from letters and shapes;
count in sequence from 1 to 10.
Level 2:
Players count in sequence from 1 to 99; skip count by 2s, 5s, and 10s; and count
backward from 10.
Level 3:
Players identify addition and subtraction symbols and use them to create and
solve addition and subtraction problems.
Level 4:
Players identify the symbol for multiplication and use it to create and solve
multiplication problems.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
It may take some time for children to understand that numbers are symbols for amounts.
Once they do, they can begin to compare and order numbers. Sequential counting further
reinforces the progression of numbers from fewer to many, while skip counting helps
children recognize number patterns, a prerequisite to all future work in mathematics.
