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When you begin with littles, use small chunks of learning time. Ten or 15 minutes at a time is plenty. Ten minutes of playing with math blocks every day for a week is decidedly better than attempting to teach math to a young learner once each week for 50 minutes. Both of you will end up in tears.

Sometimes one activity can work for several things. Did you locate a great drawing of springtime or autumn for coloring? You can talk about the seasons, the flowers, the weather, and clothing changes. Taking it a bit further, you can use that page to talk about color selections, primary colors, secondary colors, and the various colors of the sky. All kinds of subject matter can fit into that one coloring page.

Remember that play is part of the package. Children learn through play. A good playtime will lead them to exercise and process what they’ve been learning at the same time. When you’re finished with your coloring page and your counting blocks, your read-alouds and your letter formation, send the child to play. Young learners should spend most of their waking hours playing rather than schooling. It helps their imagination and their creativity, and you’ll see the benefits of that during schooltime.