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Early Learning - Birth to Age 5

Early Learning - Birth to Age 5

The Early Learning: Math at Home guide is a resource created by the California Mathematics Council (CMC), with funding from the Heising-Simons Foundation, to support early childhood math education. It is designed specifically for parents and guardians of children from birth to age five. This document provides free downloads of individual articles (or download the full guide in both English and Spanish below). Key topics include: Learning Through Play, Foundational Skills, Integrated Learning, and School Readiness.

Audience:

Families, Organizations, Administrators, Coaches, Educators

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Math at Home Booklet K-12 English

Math at Home Booklet K-12 English

This family-friendly guide offers practical ideas and resources to help parents support their child’s mathematics learning at home. It emphasizes the importance of building positive math attitudes and highlights how everyday support can strengthen student confidence and achievement.

Audience:

Families

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Math at Home Booklet K-12 Spanish

Math at Home Booklet K-12 Spanish

Esta guía, diseñada para familias, ofrece ideas prácticas y recursos para ayudar a los padres a apoyar el aprendizaje de matemáticas de sus hijos en casa. Destaca la importancia de fomentar actitudes positivas hacia las matemáticas y cómo el apoyo cotidiano puede fortalecer la confianza y el rendimiento de los estudiantes.

Audience:

Families

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Math at Home Booklet PreK English

Math at Home Booklet PreK English

This engaging guide helps parents and caregivers support early math learning at home through playful, everyday interactions. It highlights the important role families play in shaping children’s first experiences with mathematics and building positive attitudes from an early age.

Audience:

Families

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Math at Home Booklet PreK Spanish

Math at Home Booklet PreK Spanish

Esta guía atractiva ayuda a padres y cuidadores a apoyar el aprendizaje temprano de las matemáticas en casa mediante interacciones lúdicas y cotidianas. Destaca el importante papel que desempeñan las familias en las primeras experiencias de los niños con las matemáticas y en el desarrollo de actitudes positivas desde una edad temprana.

Audience:

Families

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Early Learning Support for Parent Meetings to Introduce the Math at Home Booklets

Early Learning Support for Parent Meetings to Introduce the Math at Home Booklets

The Early Learning Support document provides resources developed by the California Mathematics Council (CMC) to help parents and guardians support mathematics education for children from birth to age five. The guide includes several tools for educators and community groups to host workshops for English and Spanish-speaking families

Audience:

Organizations, Administrators, Coaches, Educators

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Informative Articles

Informative Articles

Not only are students learners; parents must be learners too! Here you will find articles on many topics in mathematics education that provide information and insights into how students learn from pre-school through high school, and the role that parents and families can play in a child’s success in this important subject.

Audience:

Families

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Hands-on Math Activities

Hands-on Math Activities

Mathematics can be hard, but it can also be fun and exciting! On this page you will find activities in many areas of mathematics that provide students with opportunities to learn, and give them insights into how mathematics works. Students from pre-school through high school need to see the fun side of math and families can play a wonderful role in helping children enjoy doing math.

Audience:

Families

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Family Math Events

Family Math Events

Mathematics education has evolved significantly, and families play a crucial role in helping students succeed. Family Math is designed to support parents and guardians by sharing current approaches to math instruction and offering tools to engage with their children’s learning. Explore our guidelines and resources to bring a meaningful Family Math event to your school or community.

Audience:

Organizations, Administrators, Coaches, Educators

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Count Play Explore

Count Play Explore

Count Play Explore is all about playful math, science, and computer science ideas, explorations, and resources for children from birth to 3rd grade.

Audience:

Families, Educators

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Dual Capacity-Building Framework

Dual Capacity-Building Framework

The Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships build on the work of Karen Mapp, to support the development of family engagement strategies, policies and programs.

Audience:

Administrators, Educators

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Center for Family Math

Center for Family Math

Every student can be good at math and achieve more in school and life when every family can practice Family Math every day.

Audience:

Families, Educators

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Math Skills at Different Ages

Math Skills at Different Ages

This is a document that will force a copy so that people can take the skills and add their own information and contexts. The skills were taken from the article, Math Skills at Different Ages, from Understood.org, which also has links to other resources.

Audience:

Families, Educators

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