Parents Want Preschool Math to be Fun and Engaging

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Discover insights on preschool parents' beliefs about supporting math skills at home and the importance of parental involvement in enhancing children's mathematics success. Learn how schools can assist parents and what support parents desire. Contact researchers for more information.

  • Preschool Math
  • Parental Involvement
  • Mathematics Education
  • Teacher Support
  • Home Learning

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  1. Move Over Worksheets! Parents Want Preschool Math to be Fun and Engaging The mathematics skills that children display at school entry are important predictors of their subsequent academic and vocational success (Duncan et al., 2007; Geary, 2011). Increased engagement with mathematics activities at home has been shown to increase later mathematics success (Ramani & Scalise, 2018). Our study examined preschool parents beliefs about supporting their children s math skills at home and the types of support they would like to receive from teachers. In 2017, only 32% of US 4th graders were scored proficient in math (NAEP, 2018). Stites, Sonnenschein, & Dowling (2019)

  2. Move Over Worksheets! Parents Want Preschool Math to be Fun and Engaging The mathematics skills that children display at school entry are important predictors of their subsequent academic and vocational success (Duncan et al., 2007; Geary, 2011). Increased engagement with mathematics activities at home has been shown to increase later mathematics success (Ramani & Scalise, 2018). In 2017, only 32% of US 4th graders were scored proficient in math (NAEP, 2018).

  3. Parents Beliefs Importance Confidence 68% of preschool parents believe it is very important for children to engage in math activities at home (M = 4.55; SD = 0.72). Only 32% of preschool parents report being very confident they know how to support their children s math skills (M = 3.90; SD = 1.11). 70% of preschool parents believe it is very important to help their children with math at home (M = 4.63; SD = 0.62). Stites, M. L., Sonnenschein, S. & Dowling, R. (2019, June). Move over worksheets! Parents want preschool math to be fun and engaging. Presented at Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

  4. How Schools Can Help Parents value supporting learning at home. 64% of parents would like more materials/information/activities to support math learning at home. What would parents like (top 3 responses)? Toys or games (45%) Instruction for activities to do at home (42%) Notes or updates on child s progress (35%) Teacher Parent Child Stites, M. L., Sonnenschein, S. & Dowling, R. (2019, June). Move over worksheets! Parents want preschool math to be fun and engaging. Presented at Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

  5. Contact: Michele Stites (mstites@umbc.edu) or Susan Sonnenschein (sonnensc@umbc.edu), for more information Recommended citation : Stites, M. L., Sonnenschein, S. & Dowling, R. (2019, June). Move over worksheets! Parents want preschool math to be fun and engaging. Presented at Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

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