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How Pattern Play Builds a Math-Ready Brain

Parents hear a child recite numbers to 20 and naturally assume that is where mathematical learning begins. Long before children add, subtract, or recognize written numbers, they are learning to notice relationships.

How Pattern Play Builds a Math-Ready Brain

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Parents hear a child recite numbers to 20 and naturally assume that is where mathematical learning begins.

Long before children add, subtract, or recognize written numbers, they are learning to notice relationships.

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Parents hear a child recite numbers to 20 and naturally assume that is where mathematical learning begins. Long before children add, subtract, or recognize written numbers, they are learning to notice relationships.

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