About “Mathing” Tips: These tips give parents ideas for math exercises that will develop their child’s math abilities. Just as you should read with your child, you should “math” with them as well, using natural language that makes sense to a child. Doing math with your child is a great way to interact with them and help them learn about our world.
Today’s parent tip for “mathing” with your child focuses on doubles. Doubles are a fun way to learn some special addition facts. As children learn the value of a number, they can also learn the value of two of that same number together. Taking advantage of this natural way of learning doubles, we can help them learn other number facts.
Download the activity here to practice doubles with your child.
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