The Goddard School’s FLEX Learning Program covers all the major areas of a child’s educational growth and development in the form of specific Learning Domains: Personal and Social Development, Language and Literacy, Mathematical Thinking, Social Studies, and Physical Development. Let’s take a moment to examine how the Mathematical Thinking Domain helps shape your child’s growth and development from infanthood all the way through kindergarten.
For Goddard School infants and toddlers, cognitive development paves the way for future mathematical skills. Babies learn to recognize and name objects, put together simple puzzles, listen to and understand stories, and comprehend position and perspective. These early steps go hand-in-hand with the self-help and life skills they’re also learning, such as dressing themselves, seeing themselves in pictures, and participating in group activities. By the time they complete the “Get Set” level, the children already know about circles and squares and can match primary colors, follow two-part directions, and much more.
Mathematics as a specific skill set begins for Goddard students at the Pre-kindergarten level. Children at this level begin to work with the calendar and the clock to understand how time works, while gaining new understanding of logical patterns, sequential order, and concepts of “more” and “less.” Introducing the computer as a fun learning tool opens up a whole new resource for fun, absorbing learning. By the time our students reach the Kindergarten level, they are solving math problems, working with fractions, recognizing numbers up to 30, and using their new cognitive powers to reason their way toward solutions.
As impressive as this structured learning process is, rest assured that it’s also a lot of fun. Assembling puzzles, building block towers, listening to stories — these activities make learning a joy for your child, and a child who loves school will become an adult who loves to learn. It all adds up in our Mathematical Thinking Domain!
Our next blog will explore the importance of art in your child’s development. By the way, a wonderful art enrichment program is Abrakadoodle – check out their website!
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