Math Out Loud
– Out & About
Activity, Stage 1 – Math Out Loud
While you travel, there are many opportunities to talk mathematically with your child.
If you see a somewhat unusual red car, you can point that out and count together other red cars that are like it. Similarly, you might see a big truck and start counting those.
You can ask about bigger, smaller, thinner, and wider things such as buildings, window, trees, and people. Which things are closer than others, and which things are farther away?
Shapes
You might see a circle in a design in a building and ask your child to point out other circles they see, such as the circles in a traffic light. Traffic signs and shop signs provide a great supply of shapes you can describe and name.