The sisters are back to chat about math with little ones! This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure statement for more information.
Kate Snow is back!
Kate is a math guru, a Harvard grad, and has been on two previous episodes of the podcast. Her goal is to take the intimidation out of math for parents and kids and to help kids have a positive relationship with math.
This week, Kate chats with Cait and Kara about math for little ones. She shares a bit about her new book, Kindergarten Math with Confidence, as well as how to introduce math to our preschoolers.
This episode is sponsored by Honest History, Photo IQ, and Raddish Kids.
This EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY:
HONEST HISTORY
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PHOTO IQ
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RADDISH KIDS
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LISTEN to the episode here:
LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:
- The Big Bad Math Episode with Kate Snow {Episode 48}
- Your Math Questions, with Kate Snow {Episode 79}
- Preschool Math at Home by Kate Snow
- Kindergarten Math with Confidence by Kate Snow
- Addition Facts that Stick by Kate Snow
- Division Facts that Stick by Kate Snow
- Multiplication Facts that Stick by Kate Snow
- Subtraction Facts that Stick by Kate Snow
- Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs: Half-Moon Hollow by Molly Harper
- Multiplication toy that Kara talked about
- Kara’s baked potato coat
- Play money
- Toy cash register
- If You Read Your Kids a Math Book | My Little Poppies
- 365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental
- Finn Throws a Fit by David Elliott
- How Much is a Million? by David M. Schwartz
- Lemonade in Winter by Emily Jenkins
- Lyle Walks the Dogs by Bernard Waber
- The Penny Pot by Stuart J. Murphy

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- Navigating Anxiety, with Colleen Kessler {Episode 92}
- Taking Care of Ourselves Through a Crisis {Episode 94}
- The Power of Stories in Hard Times {Episode 91}
- The Gift of Simplicity, with Kim John Payne {Episode 96}
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Loved this episode!! We love the picture book “How Many Jelly Beans?” It is sooo fun and shows up to the number one million. 😀
Also! I will TOTALLY buy the “You Can’t Be Behind That Doesn’t Even Exist” t-shirt & mug!!! 😀