Early math learning is fun and easy with our special animal guests! Watch the recorded program to explore patterns and colors with Lita the cheetah and Rainbow the chameleon. Then play with shapes and colors with activities from the National Air and Space Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and more!

Content :
Early Math Concepts
Smithsonian Partners :
National Museum of American History, National Air and Space Museum, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Standards :
ELOF P-SCI-1; P-SCI-2; P-SCI-3

Resources

Pinky Jackalope and Nick the Music Man with Magnifying Glass
Pre-Math With Cheetahs

Shape Detectives

Join Pinky and Nick for a Smithsonian shape hunt! Print out the included magnifying glasses and help them find different shapes at six Smithsonian museums.
Additional details
Age Group:
Toddler Preschool
ELOF Domain:
Cognition Mathematics Development
Format:
E-Course
Language:
English
Museum:
National Air and Space Museum National Zoo National Museum of Natural History National Portrait Gallery National Postal Museum Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Topic:
Math
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A close-up of a flamingo with bright pink feathers resting its head on its body
Happy Bird-Day, Head Start! Colorful Creatures Pre-Math With Cheetahs

Color Experiment with Flamingos

This playful experiment brings color mixing to life as children learn how flamingos get their pink feathers!
Additional details
Age Group:
Preschool
Animal:
Birds
ELOF Domain:
Approaches to Learning Social and Emotional Development Language and Communication Literacy Scientific Reasoning Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development
Format:
E-Course
Language:
English
Museum:
National Zoo
Topic:
Color Math Science
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Colorful rocket made out of construction paper shapes
Pre-Math With Cheetahs

Rocket Shapes

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a rectangle and a triangle! The National Air and Space Museum shows us how to find all our favorite shapes within a rocket! Then create your own colorful rocket out of cut-paper shapes.
Additional details
Age Group:
Preschool
ELOF Domain:
Approaches to Learning Cognition Mathematics Development
Format:
E-Activity
Language:
English
Museum:
National Air and Space Museum
Topic:
Math
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Three figured stand side by side as they smile at the camera. The figure to the left wears a blue shirt and holds a guitar. The middle figure is a pink puppet made to look like a jackalope. The figure on the right claps their hands with enthusiasm.
Our Bodies and the Five Senses Pre-Math With Cheetahs Happy Bird-Day, Head Start! Small Mammal Sing-Along Music and Sound All Around Big, Small, Let's Measure Them All

Music Playlist

Join Nick the Music Man, Pinky Jackalope, and other guest stars as they sing about healthy bodies and the way bodies experience the world through the five senses.
Additional details
Language:
English
Topic:
Music
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A collage of different shapes of different colors of paper
Pre-Math With Cheetahs

Inside a Diamond

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a rectangle and a triangle! The National Air and Space Museum shows us how to find all our favorite shapes within a rocket! Then create your own colorful rocket out of cut-paper shapes.
Additional details
Age Group:
Toddler Preschool
ELOF Domain:
Approaches to Learning Cognition Mathematics Development Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development
Format:
E-Activity
Language:
English
Museum:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Topic:
Math
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Recursos

A close-up of a flamingo with bright pink feathers resting its head on its body
Happy Bird-Day, Head Start! Colorful Creatures Pre-Math With Cheetahs

Experimento de Color con Flamencos

This playful experiment brings color mixing to life as children learn how flamingos get their pink feathers!
Additional details
Age Group:
Preschool
Animal:
Birds
ELOF Domain:
Approaches to Learning Social and Emotional Development Language and Communication Literacy Scientific Reasoning Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development
Format:
E-Course
Language:
Spanish
Museum:
National Zoo
Topic:
Color Math Science
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A collage of different shapes of different colors of paper
Pre-Math With Cheetahs

Dentro de un Diamante

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a rectangle and a triangle! The National Air and Space Museum shows us how to find all our favorite shapes within a rocket! Then create your own colorful rocket out of cut-paper shapes.
Additional details
Age Group:
Toddler Preschool
ELOF Domain:
Approaches to Learning Cognition Mathematics Development Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development
Format:
E-Activity
Language:
Spanish
Museum:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Topic:
Math
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