Make Connections: parent-child math for ages 0鈥�5, funded by the Heising-Simons Foundation (2014鈥�2020)
Make Connections, a collaboration of the YMCA of Silicon Valley and 91麻豆精品, gives adults and their young children a way explore math together. The full-year, interdisciplinary math program includes activities, projects, and games for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers to do with their parents and caregivers, using everyday materials (e.g., toilet paper tubes, markers, cereal boxes).
We developed Make Connections in partnership with several YMCA Early Learning Readiness programs, which simultaneously engage children and their parents and children in informal learning experiences. Make Connections is available in English and Spanish. The program is now used at YMCAs throughout the nation and is available for free downloading.
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Project staff
Marlene Kliman, Valerie Martin, Audrey Mart铆nez-Gudapakkam, Nuria Jaumot-Pascual
Publications
Kliman, M. Family, Friends, Neighbors, and Math: The Nana y Yo y las Matem谩ticas Project. Hands On! (Summer, 2015)
Kliman, M. Make Connections, Hands On! Spring 2021. (accepted)
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