Young children are constantly in touch with numbers, shapes, sizes, measuring, sorting, counting, adding and subtracting in their own ways. These matematical 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 small one, they display understanding of the relationship between size, mass and volume. Hence in teaching children how to measure, we need only to guide and facilitate their on going daily activities of observing, estimating and comparing 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
- Recognise numerals 1 to 10
- Trace and write numerals 1 to 10
- Understand valuse of numerals 1 to 10
- Sort and count up to 10

Shapes
- Identify similar objects
- Identify different objects
- Matching same shapes
, etc.

Sizes
- Sort and compare sizes
- Classify things according to size
- Arrange objects according to size

Lengths
- Compare heights and lengths
- Understand concept of 'long' , 'longer' and 'longest'
- Understand concept of 'short' , 'shorter' and 'shortest'

Quantities
- Count
- Identify sets with same number of objects
- Compare using 'more' and 'less'