Preschool Booklet FINAL - Flipbook - Page 19
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In Carden preschool classrooms, young
children explore early mathematical
concepts through a hands-on activity
called the Language of the Blocks. Using
sets of colored blocks, children come to
experience number relationships and
build vocabulary around spatial and
quantitative ideas—such as more/less,
bigger/smaller, above/below, and next to
—by manipulating the blocks
themselves. This playful but purposeful
approach helps children develop early
number sense, understand positional
language, and talk about mathematical
ideas with confidence long before formal
arithmetic begins. By learning the
