About six months ago, the only number that R could recognize was the number 3 because that was how old she was. We found this out when we bought some preschool math workbooks, and R really struggled with the simplest exercises. So I began my campaign for toys and activities that would familiarize her with the numbers. This was before I found the Count on Math book that I use now.
One game was something like hopscotch. I took the cushions off our kitchen chairs and used masking tape to make the numbers 1 to 5. Then the girls jumped from one cushion to the next, saying the numbers as they go. It was a great way to combine exercise and math.
Then I found some cookie cutters shaped like numbers, and we made sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies in the shape of numbers. I tried to say the numbers as many times as possible while we cut out the cookies, and I had her arrange the cookie cutters in order before she started cutting them. Then she was exposed to the shapes of the numbers when we decorated the cookies and again when she ate them.
Lauri Toys has several puzzles that help teach numbers. The Number Play puzzle and the Number Puzzle Board and Pegs help the child to associate the number shape with the same number of items, but I think I like the Number Express the most. The girls love trains.
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