Nature Math, Kindergarten

by Eric Gonzalez-Payne

KindergartenAges 4 to 6·Mathematics·Interactive

Counting, but with things that are not counters.

Seeds, stones, leaves and flowers behave differently from plastic bears. They are irregular, they roll, some are damp, and a child sorting them has to make decisions rather than follow an obvious rule. That friction is useful and it is the reason this exists.

Thirteen pages, each one a session. Every page has the same four sections, which is deliberate. Get set up, try this first, say and ask, you are done when. Once a family knows those four, every level in the whole series works the same way and nobody has to relearn anything.

There is a teacher notes toggle if you want the reasoning behind a page, and a print button that gives you a clean sheet without the screen furniture.

Multilingual family tips are on every page, which matters if maths language at home and at school are not the same language.

Eric Gonzalez-Payne

Eric Gonzalez-Payne

Founder and curriculum author

Ed.M. in Educational Leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Published by Empathy Global LLC

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For the full social and emotional learning programme, see the Empathy Curriculum at empathy.kids.