| p>1st grade math worksheets and my Mom's math | | | | sums, like how many pair of shoes do you have? |
| teaching style. Math won't be as terrible as it seems | | | | How many buttons are there on your Daddy's shirt? |
| if parents take interest in preparing their little ones | | | | Count all the furniture in the living room and several |
| for math before school age. I grew up not | | | | math games. |
| understanding how it is that people talk about math | | | | All my toys were one way or the other math |
| as difficult as they do, it was my best subject at | | | | related. I had puzzles, and tons of things Mom had |
| school. | | | | me do as games on daily basis at home to get me |
| It was easy because of my upbringing that ensured | | | | ready for kindergarten! In fact, she continued guiding |
| that math and I got acquainted long before school. | | | | me towards being math friendly throughout |
| My mother who was a primary grade teacher told | | | | kindergarten and first grade during which time 1st |
| me how she began teaching me math in different | | | | grade math worksheets was my constant |
| guises at home before I got to school age. | | | | companion. |
| I remember that with my Mom everything was | | | | Practice surely makes perfect and I am very |
| somehow connected to math. She made me count | | | | gratefully to Mom for taking her time to familiarize |
| the buttons in my shirt as she dressed me up, asked | | | | me with math even as a child. |
| questions that demanded answers that are related to | | | | |