Parent Tips- Research
- Testimonials
Sign up for the DreamBox Learning newsletter to get useful information
on math
learning!
At DreamBox Learning, our goal is to help parents be involved with their children's learning. In that spirit, here are some everyday activities for parents to explore with their young children. Parents can help develop math skills no matter what their child's age by talking about the math in the world around them.
Give your child plenty of opportunities to count
- Play number games during everyday activities, such as counting the number of steps, counting the number of items going in the laundry, or counting the number of trucks you see while driving
- Read the calendar, and determine the number of days until an upcoming event. With older children, count by 7's
- Plan a shopping list and shop for items that fit your budget
- Young children can count the number of items that you bought at the store
- Read a recipe and have your child measure the amounts for the ingredients
- Have your child practice counting the change needed to pay for an item
Help your child recognize shapes and size relationships
- At the grocery store, ask your child to find items that are triangles, circles, rectangles, and other shapes
- Ask your child to recognize or stack the groceries you bought by container shape
Find ways to collect and organize information
- Read weather charts, movie schedules, number tables you find in the newspaper, or other common information
- Take measurements for a project around the house
- Have your child help sort the laundry by various categories — by color, or by who an item belongs to
- As you're shopping, compare the amounts in the Nutrition Facts on packaged foods
- Compare and organize tools, dishes, or other objects based on size, color, or weight
"To me the parent feedback you give is very important. I don't always have the time to be there when my daughter plays with the product, but I know I'll get feedback on her progress through the emails and the parent dashboard."
Some family games that use math skills:
- Most card games require counting and score keeping
- Dominos
- Mancala
- Checkers and Chinese Checkers
- Cribbage
- Any game that includes counting board steps, such as Chutes and Ladders
If you'd like to receive future parent tips from DreamBox Learning, click here to sign up!
Here's a site with excellent tips for building math skills through everyday activities:
Math for the Fun of It
From math.com, this page offers ideas for children to explore fascinating mathematical possibilities, organized by grade level.
