Pre-K
Bridges Pre-K is playful and play-based, designed to engage children through the use of contextual themes, games, stories, mysteries and intriguing problems, manipulatives and visual models. It is also logically sequenced around well-researched developmental progressions to allow for depth and focus as children progress in knowledge and skills.
Bridges Pre-K provides instruction across the recommended math content areas, including number, operations, geometry, patterning, measurement, and data analysis.
Pre-K Story Collections
Bridges Pre-K includes a collection of nine beautifully illustrated readaloud books, one for each unit of Bridges Pre-K. Each book presents 2 to 4 mathematically rich stories for particular Number Corner workouts or Problems & Investigations activities. The selections feature theme-based counting and numeral recognition, sequencing, shapes and locations, and very early addition and subtraction.
The full story collection set is included in every Bridges Pre-K Package, but can be purchased separately, or individual stories can be downloaded for free.
Content Outline and Samples
August/September
- Introducing Apples
- Cubes, Cars & Apples
- Five Little Apples
- Chirpy's Apples
October
- Introducing Pumpkins & Leaves
- Pumpkin Problems, Puppet Counting & Work Places
- Five Autumn Leaves
- Cricket's Leaves
November
- Introducing Squares & Triangles
- Introducing Circles & Rectangles
- Sorting & Graphing Shapes
- Cricket's Shapes
December
- Introducing Snowflakes
- New Games
- Winter Countdown
- Cricket's Snowflakes
January
- Introducing Mittens & Scarves
- Winter Numbers
- Snow People
- Cricket's Mittens
February
- Introducing Teddy Bears
- Teddy Bear & Cricket Games
- Collecting Teddy Bears
- Pairs of Bears
March
- Introducing Robots
- Tally Marks & Colored Dots
- Collecting Robotic Vehicles
- Six Silly Robots
April
- Introducing Ladybugs
- Ladybug Spots
- Collecting Butterflies & Flowers
- What Comes Next?
May
- Sink & Float
- Five Little Ducks & More
- Boats
- Tub Toys & Cricket Games