Young children are constantly in touch with numbers, shapes, sizes, measuring, sorting, counting, adding and subtracting in their own ways. These mathematical skills are displayed in their daily observations, through play and everyday activities. The Concepts of numbers, shapes, sizes, mass, height, length, capacity, time and money are acquired at an early age, although not quite systematically.

    When children play with sand or water, they are learning the basic concepts of volume and capacity. When they choose a bigger bag of sweets instead of a smaller one, they display understanding of the relationship between size, mass and volume. Hence, in teaching children how to measure, we need to guide and facilitate their on going daily activities of observation, estimation and comparison of things.

    "Learning Skills Series : Mathematics" is written to enhance children's basic concepts in Mathematics. This series is made up of three books, one book for each level from Nursery to Kindergarten 2.

Numbers
- order numbers
- Match numbers with corresponding number words

My Neighbourhood
- Compare lengths and heights
- Understand the concept of 'longer' and 'shorter'
, etc.

My School and my Friends
- Sort and count
- Recognise and order numbers from 11 to 15
, etc.

My School and Classroom
- Compare sizes, heights and capacities
- Measure lengths using non-standard
, etc.

My Family and Home
- Count sets of objects
- Sort and count

At Home
- Compare sizes and Capacities
- Estimate capacities using non-standard units
, etc.

Toys and Playtime
- Order numbers from 1-10
- Sort and count objects within 15
- Recognise numbers from 16 to 20

Time
- Identify sequence of the from 1 to 20
- Read a calendar
- Identify dates of public holidays using a calendar