Developmentally Appropriate Math Instruction Before Kindergarten
ST Math: Early Learning offers a comprehensive math curriculum that meets the developmental and learning needs of your youngest students. It combines a proven visual learning software component with teacher-directed activities and more to create a multi-modal math education experience. Watch the video to learn more.
ST Math: Early Learning provides a comprehensive, blended learning program for students offering math instruction before kindergarten. Early learning students love the visual math puzzles and teachers receive the support they need through step-by-step activities that connect math instruction across multiple modes of learning.
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Visual math software where students develop problem solving and critical thinking skills, and an intrinsic motivation for math learning. |
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Step-by-step teacher’s manuals to help make connections with math concepts. |
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Classroom materials for teacher-directed multisensory hands-on activities, chants, and songs that complement and support the self-paced software games. |
The program addresses the unique development needs of young children, helping them realize the growth opportunities called for in the Preschool Learning Foundations and beyond. ST Math introduces core math concepts visually with a neuroscience-based approach that activates the brain’s innate cognitive abilities. These animated math games guide young minds through an optimal learning path, exposing them to all five key learning domains along the way.
In addition to alignment with state standards, the early learning program is designed to teach preschool children basic math concepts and skills addressed in the NCTM Prekindergarten Curriculum Focal Points, as well as develop other essential skills that are vital in a child’s overall development.
The Teacher Manual includes a pacing guide and step-by-step lesson plans. The instructional support embedded in the Early Learning curriculum serves as a resource to support teachers as they implement the curriculum.
The educator dashboard on ST Math shows what students have accomplished, are currently working on, and provides alerts when students are stuck. The curriculum also includes 5 different assessments intended to assess what students should know and be able to do by the time they enter kindergarten.
The initial language-free approach of the software allows students access to mathematics regardless of their language or reading abilities, and is ideal for facilitating academic discourse in any language. Family activities for use at home are available in English and Spanish.
The curriculum contains story mats and activity ideas to help both students and teachers talk about and explore the world of mathematics. Specific activities built for the whole family allow students to continue the learning at home. As they see, wonder, and explore the mathematics around them, students are mathematicians in the making at school and at home.
JiJi is a 3-foot-tall penguin on a journey through the world of ST Math. Students help JiJi overcome obstacles by solving math puzzles – and they associate JiJi with the thrill of challenge and success. JiJi crosses the screen every time a student successfully completes a puzzle, leading them to the next challenge. JiJi is curious, persistent, patient, and friendly.
JiJi’s name means “little chicken” in Mandarin. Learn more about JiJi.