Math

Child understands the relationship between numbers and quantities. Uses appropriate vocabulary: equal, more, less

Associates a quantity with written numerals up to 5

Understands addition as adding to and understands subtraction as taking away from

Identifies, recognizes, and predicts patterns; Can create and extend simple patterns

Understands ordinal number terms

Matches or sorts by color, size, shape, and texture; classifies by attributes; makes comparisons

Child measures objects by their various attributes using standard and non-standard measurement

Ability to classify, compare, sort, and order a wide variety of objects

Understands, compares, and analyzes quantities of length, height, weight, time, or amount between two or more groups (little/big, short/tall, slow/fast, thin/fat, less/more, empty/full, few/many, heavy/light, shallow/deep, narrow/wide)

Recognizes basic shapes

Understands that shapes remain the same regardless of their position

Recognizes basic 3 dimensional shapes: cone, cube, cylinder, and sphere

Explores the positions of objects in space

Understands directions/positional concepts: top/bottom, go/stop, far/ near, up/down, over/under, out/in, above/below, in front/behind, inside/ outside, etc.