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Number

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Number involves classification, seriation, one-to-one correspondence and conservation of matter. To build number concepts teachers provide materials that encourage comparing and counting; materials with numbers on them (cards, board games) and materials that fit together in one-to-one correspondence. Teachers listen to the kinds of things children commonly compare (amount of materials, age), comment on the sets of corresponding materials that chlidren generate, use written numbers and support children who are interested in writing numbers themselves.

Space

To expand preschooler's awareness of space teachers enable them to move freely around the classroom. They engage children in spatial exploration with materials to fill and empty, fit together and take apart, shape and arrange and set in motion. To focus on spatial awareness throughout the day teachers engage children in talking about how they made things and encourage them to crawl, roll, bounce and lie on their backs to view the world from different perspectives.