I've provided, on this site, a bunch of free printable kindergarten math games. However, it's best to cooperate with nature's way, and find ways to expose them to number through daily life, or through fun and games. Of course, pre-primary children can be taught math. This happens again and again, and over time, we somehow unconsciously come to 'know' what six means. Instead, we learned them by repeated exposure.

Why does two times three equal six? I imagine him thinking, why six? It just is, daddy! Like Melvin, none of us learned numbers by rote or logic. Later it occurred to me - my little Melvin probably found the question as strange as adults do. Well, so much for gems of inspiration! Intuitive Knowledge 'Because you have six trains, and six buses, and six trains!' I was hoping for some deep insight into his mental genius, some gem of inspiration I could share with the world. 'If you had three pairs of train tickets, how many train tickets would you have?' Multiplication! And from a kid who was barely four years old! So I asked him another question. 'So, if you had two pairs, how many would you have?'Īfter thinking for a moment, he gave the answer : 'Four!' That was the question that gave the opportunity. Wanting to see how well Melvin's teachers had done, I tested him. His kindergarten aimed not just to teach kids to recite numbers, but to give the little angels a true sense of what numbers mean. He had been going to kindergarten for almost a year.

I asked my little tyke a similar question one day. But for everyone else? It just does! There's no why about it! One favorite question I hear is this : Why does two and two make four? Of course, there's a technical high-falutin' answer that only math professors could be bothered with. Not by rote learning! Think about your own understanding of real basic math. At the bottom of this page are links to several games designed to help a pre-school child grasp basic math concepts. If you are a parent or teacher of pre-school children, and if you are looking for games to build up their math, you've come to the right place.

Free kindergarten math games