Steps Mathematics

First Steps to Mathematics for Infants is a three-part book which introduces the young learner to Mathematics. The concepts are presented in an easy and interesting manner with a variety of activities for reinforcement. The first part introduces concepts like left right and middle, same and different, bigger and smaller, patterns, light and heavy, tall, short and long, and holds more and holds less. The second part focuses on numbers zero to ten. The activities include tracing and writing the numbers, drawing objects for the numbers, circling and completing sets, and counting and matching to the number.The third part presents concepts like shapes, one to one correspondence, equals, more than and less than, bigger and smaller number, missing numbers in series 0-10, number names zero to ten, ordinals, whole and fractions, pictographs, classifying, and adding and taking away. Although designed for the 4-6 age group, it may be helpful to older children who have not mastered the concepts.