When my son was 4 or 5, I found it useful to have math manipulatives to hand, to explain concepts as needed. In particular: - math link blocks - base ten bloc

When my son was 4 or 5, I found it useful to have math manipulatives to hand, to explain concepts as needed. In particular: - math link blocks - base ten blocks - coloured counters (which I labeled with a marker to represent 1s, 10s, 100s etc. If you want to avoid clutter, there are free online versions of these on Mathigon Polypad: https://mathigon.org/polypad https://mathigon.org/polypad