Counting & Literacy
1/30/2024 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Counting not only improves children’s later math skills, but helps them read better, too.
By providing an environment rich in language and where thinking is encouraged, you can help early learners develop important numeracy and literacy skills.
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Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.
Counting & Literacy
1/30/2024 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
By providing an environment rich in language and where thinking is encouraged, you can help early learners develop important numeracy and literacy skills.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- Let's just talk about a couple of these numbers.
What's this number?
- Nine.
- So how many frogs are we gonna put on here?
- Nine.
- And we count them, okay.
(gentle music) (objects rattling) - Early mathematical literacy is a critical foundation for children's cognitive development and academic success.
Math is all around, even for our youngest learners.
By providing an environment rich in language, where thinking is encouraged, you can help early learners develop important numeracy and literacy skills.
- What's this number?
- Two.
- Two.
How many frogs (indistinct)?
Two.
- Two.
- Learning number songs or teaching children to count involves more than helping them learn the numbers 1 to 10.
Counting not only improves children's later math skills, but helps them read better too.
Mathematical thinking and problem solving skills are needed every day.
And developing a solid foundation will prepare your child to be a lifelong learner.
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