A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Early Childhood:
Where Learning Begins
Mathematics

Mathematical activities for parents
and their 2- to 5-year-old children

By Carol Sue Fromboluti
Natalie Rinck

Edited by Diane Magarity
Illustrations by Barbara Leonard Gibson

U.S. Department of Education
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education

U.S. Department of Education
Richard W. Riley
Secretary

Office of Educational Research and Improvement
C. Kent McGuire
Assistant Secretary

National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education
Naomi Karp
Director

Media and Information Services
Cynthia Hearn Dorfman
Director

June 1999

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