Children have opportunities to select books they want to read. Children learn to observe the teacher writing to them, for them, and with them. Children have opportunities to write at their own development level. Children talk, talk, talk, talk. In kindergarten the mathematics framework includes numbers, numerals, counting, shapes, and patterns.
Children learn to use objects to represent mathematics concepts.
Children learn mathematics through teacher directed lessons and purposeful play. Children encounter real life problem solving situations that require mathematics. Children learn to count to one hundred. Children learn to make sets of ten objects and match numerals to the sets. Children learn to recognize names of numbers and learn to print numerals zero to ten.