MATH AT HOME: It’s no surprise that young children involved in counting and math activities at home will do better at math in school. But Purdue University researchers say these children also improve their vocabulary.
The researchers found that exposure to numbers and math concepts predicted improvement in vocabulary even more than reading stories or other activities aimed at improving literacy, according to a Purdue University news release.
The research, The home literacy and numeracy environment in preschool: Cross-domain relations of parent-child practices and child outcomes, was led by Amy R. Napoli, doctoral student in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Purdue, and David J. Purpura, assistant professor in the department.
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