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Related Activities to Try at Home

Dear Family,

The activities suggested below are related to the mathematics we are currently studying in school. Doing them together can enrich your child's mathematical learning.

Calendar Explore the calendar as a tool for keeping track of time and events by showing your child how you use it. When you write in an appointment or a family event, or when you use it to find how many more days until a special event, talk with your child about what you're doing.

Describing Encourage your child to describe the physical features of objects and to think about how objects are alike or different. For example:

• • How would you describe this ball? (e.g., red, round, big)

• • How is the ball the same as this box? (They are both red.)

• • How are they different? (The ball is round, but the box is square, or the box is small.)

Also, encourage your child to use words to describe where a picture or object is in relation to another (e.g., next to, near, under, over, below, above).

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