Laura Lewis Brown

Preschoolers need to develop counting and sorting skills to lay the foundation for more complex tasks like addition and subtraction. Here are a variety of simple math-related card activities for your child that you can do with a deck of cards and a few Cheerios or small candies.

Cookies are a great start for a survey that not only teaches math — but also tastes good! Using store-bought, homemade or a mix of both, your child can survey family and friends over which cookie is the best, and practice counting, comparing and analyzing data.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine pediatric anxiety expert, Dr. Joseph McGuire, shares his top tips about how to prepare your child to go back to school when COVID-19 allows.

Incorporating math into fun activities is like sneaking vegetables into their pizza sauce. It’s healthy and they don’t even notice! Here are some simple ideas to start the winter season right while building math skills.