Does your child like to go on treasure hunts? Did you know that
treasure hunts are a great way to build early math skills?
Whether you are using a map or a series of clues to lead your
child to the “treasure,” your child uses skills that lay the
foundation for doing geometry later in life. She also learns to
follow directions, another important skill that she’ll need when
she starts school. And, most important of all, she’ll have a lot
of fun while building these essential skills! Being able to
describe an object’s position in space relative to other nearby
objects is a basic math concept that your child will apply when
she does geometry later in life. It is not too early to begin
laying the foundation for understanding this concept by helping
your child learn vocabulary that describes an object’s position
or location. These are words and phrases such as between, under,
over, next to, above, Geometry and spatial skills, following
directions 3-6 year olds Hunting for Treasure Up, Down, All
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