Talk, Read, and Sing - Talking is Teaching
March 2021
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Created by Great Lakes Bay Parents - Informing parents since 2012! |
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You are your child's lifelong teacher.
"Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing" is a public awareness and action campaign that helps parents recognize their power to boost their children’s early brain and vocabulary development through simple, everyday actions ... "
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Let’s Talk About SHAPES! When you talk to your baby about shapes, you build his/ her early math knowledge and prepare him for elementary school and beyond. Have a shape scavenger hunt with your child! Together, you can search for car tires (circles), windows (rectangles), and stop signs (hexagons).
Talking is Teaching has tips and resources to help parents talk to their children, even those who are very young.
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FUN WITH SHAPES FOR AGES 0-5 YEARS OLD
Talking is Teaching's Shapes tip sheet has exciting, age-appropriate activities parents and children can do to have fun with math and learn about shapes!
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There are plenty of shapes at home, but a trip to the grocery store offers some fun ways to find all sorts of shapes!
- Have your child trace the edges of a box of cereal or crackers and count the sides. Say, “The top of the box is a rectangle” (or square if all four sides are the same length).
- Point out the express sign that says “10 items or fewer.” Ask, “Is this sign a square or a rectangle? How do you know?”
- When paying for your groceries, point out the different shapes of money. Say, “This dollar bill is a rectangle. What shape is the quarter? Are all my coins the same shape? Are they the same size?”
Talking Is Teaching has more tips and resources to help parents talk to their children, even those who are very young.
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LITERATURE & MEDIA RESOURCES |
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ASK A LIBRARIAN: Looking for more bedtime books & music ideas?
Contact your local library to learn about the FREE resources available to you and your child.
Butman-Fish Library 989-799-9160
Rudolph C. Zauel Memorial Library 989-799-2771
Ruth Brady Wickes Library 989-752-3821
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SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES |
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Using Everyday Moments to Inspire Early Math Skills
by: Too Small to Fail
"Early math, like early literacy, helps build a foundation for later learning that prepares children for success in school and beyond. Many studies have shown that children who are exposed to math early in life do better in school and apply the math skills they learn to other learning. In fact, it appears that math—more than any other subject area—is a better predictor of future academic success.."
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7 Math Skills to Develop Before Kindergarten
by: Midland Great Start
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Math Kits
Math in the Mail™ develops math skills in three-year-olds by providing the tools needed for parents and caregivers to help their child learn at home through play.
Families enrolled in Math in the Mail™ receive a kit in the mail, 6 times per year (approx. every 8 weeks), which contains materials, resources, and instructions for math activities. Free enrollment is grant funded and allocated to three-year-old children in Michigan’s Great Lakes Bay Region, which encompasses Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella, Midland, and Saginaw counties. See qualification requirements below.
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Scavenger Hunt - Patterns in Nature
Explore an outdoor space near your home and help your child discover these patterns and shapes in nature.
Print or save the scavenger hunt and take your child on adventure.
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FREE Mobile App
Math meets the bedtime story!
Parents know to read to their kids at night, but what about math?
Our mission is simple: to make math a fun part of kids’ everyday lives, as beloved as the bedtime story. One way we do that is with our free apps for preschoolers and elementary school kids.
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FREE Online Learning Resources for Preschoolers
Thrive From Home is here to help parents and caregivers across Michigan provide preschoolers (ages 3-5) with essential skill-building activities using resources and materials recommended by experienced state educators. Find the right video, activity or support resource for quick, easy ways to work with your preschooler at home.
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Register, Attend STEM Programs, & Receive $25 from MiSTEM
The Great Lakes Bay Region (GLBR) is home to a variety of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) destinations and programs. Visit or attend events (in-person or virtual) at five (5) or more of these destinations and you’ll receive a $25 gift card on behalf of the GLBR STEM Initiative & MiSTEM Network.
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*This newsletter was supported by the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five Initiative (PDG B-5), Grant Number 90TP0055-01-0090TP0002, from the Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
**Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Child Care, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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