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Home Parents-Teachers Printable Activities Coloring Pages Color Online Kids Games Parents-Teachers Home Preschool Children Ready to Learn About Activities Babies - Activities Toddlers - Activities Preschoolers Activity About Kindergarten Taking Charge of TV Choosing Childcare School Checklist Math for Grades K-5 Early Childhood Math Learn to Read & Write Science for Kids Parent Resources Helping Your Preschool Child The first five years of a child's life are a time of tremendous physical, emotional, social and cognitive growth. Children enter the world with many needs in order to grow: love, nutrition, health, social and emotional security and stimulation in the important skills that prepare them for school success. Children also enter the world with a great capacity to learn. Learn more .... Getting Ready to Learn How well children will learn and develop and how well they will do in school depends on a number of things, including the children's health and physical well-being, their social and emotional preparation and their language skills and general knowledge of the world. Follow these guidelines ... Good Health and Physical Well-Being Social and Emotional Preparation Language and General Knowledge Helping Your Child Read and Write Families are their children's first teachers. As a family member you begin teaching your babies about language as you welcome them into the world with smiles and caring words. You respond to your children's coos, babbles, early words, and simple sentences. By the time your children are preschoolers, they know a lot about language. You have spent many hours listening, talking, reading, and writing with them. Most of the activities here are simple to do with materials found in your home or at the library. The activities can be added to your life at home as you and your children play, work, and grow together. Activities and Ideas for: Young Babies - (Birth to 8 months) Crawlers - Walkers - (8 to 18 months) Toddlers - (18 to 36 months) Preschoolers - (3 to 5 years) Helping Your Child Learn Math As our children go about their daily lives exploring and discovering things around them, they are exposed to the world of mathematics. And since mathematics has become increasingly important in this technological age, it is even more important for our children to learn math at home, as well as in school. Read more ... Math Activities for Ages Two to Five: Getting Up in the Morning and In the Car Waiting Places, At the Store, and Meal Time Around the House and Playtime Math Games for More Than One Child and Ready for bed Math Activities for Grades K-5: Math Lessons in the Home Math Problems at the Store Math for Kids on the Go Math Activities Just for Fun All of these activities relate math to everyday life and complement many of the math lessons that children are learning in school. They can be done in the home, at the grocery store, while traveling, or just for the fun of it. Start here ... Raising Our Kids -- Helping Your Child - Learn to read and write - Early childhood math - Math for K-5 - Science for kids - Preschool children Preschool children Learn to read and write Math activities Science for kids Elementary math...