7 Tips to Get Your Child Counting To 20

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Posted By Nicole Dean

As children, we all learned to count in different ways. How did you learn to count? Didn’t you feel proud when you were able to count all the way to twenty! Counting is one of the most important learning components children need to become proficient.



Here are 7 tips to get your child counting to 20.

•Utilize a deck of cards.
•Purchase the Leap Frog product which offers singing as a way for your child to count from 1 to 20.
•Use construction paper with crayon, and write the numbers on separate sheets.
•Use a variety of books which teach children to count
•Utilize a box of elbow macaroni in teaching your child how to count.
•Use pennies to help your child to count.
•If you have stairs in your home, count them with your child as you go up and down.

Statistics today show more and more public school children are lacking in mathematical skills. This is why it is so important to teach children to count from the time they are infants. They do retain information, and with so many teaching tools available today, it is becoming clear that the earlier a child is taught to count, the better prepared he or she will be when it comes time to enroll them in school.

While learning is important, making the process an enjoyable one creates the atmosphere conducive to learning. It is a fact that babies learn more at an early age because they have the ability to soak up so much information. Therefore, beginning the counting process as early as possible, using creative means, can not only help your child but is an inducement for them to want to learn more as they grow.

Engage your entire family in teaching your child to count. Make it a fun and enjoyable experience. These 7 tips to get your child counting to 20 can be used or added to your existing methods. Utilize all of the tips outlined and add your own creative ideas as well.

Times have certainly changed since we were kids. Many of the methods and tools available today were not even part of our daily curriculum. Now, more than ever, we have more opportunities to teach our children the vital lessons they need to learn in order to achieve. It all begins with the number 1, and akin to when we were kids, you can still utilize the old with the new in ensuring your child can count, either by reading the numbers or by using his or her fingers and toes.

Article by: Nicole Dean co-created www.kidsactivitycalendar.com [1] to help her child and others prepare for Kindergarten in a fun way. To get your free sample lesson, stop by www.kidsactivitycalendar.com/letter-a-sample.htm [2] today.

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