Developing Math Skills in Early Childhood

The brief draws on research to summarize the following: * The importance of developing early childhood math skills * The importance of the home environment in early childhood development * The relationship between early math and literacy development * A promising approach to enhance early childhood...

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Published inMathematica Policy Research Published Reports
Main Authors Harris, Barbara, Petersen, Dana
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published Princeton Mathematica Policy Research 28.02.2019
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Home environment
Literacy
Parents & parenting
Primary care
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Summary:The brief draws on research to summarize the following: * The importance of developing early childhood math skills * The importance of the home environment in early childhood development * The relationship between early math and literacy development * A promising approach to enhance early childhood math development that leverages communication between parents and health care providers and the distribution of books during well-child primary care visits This brief presents a new approach to support the development of early math skills in young children. The approach synthesizes the influence of parents, home environment, and children’s health care providers. The brief draws on research to explain (1) why it is important to support early math development, (2) what early math is (and isn’t), (3) how early math and literacy development intertwine, and (4) the important role parents play in their child’s development. The brief ends with a description of a promising approach to support early childhood math development that leverages communication between parents and health care providers and book sharing during well-child primary care visits.